nullipara
English
Noun
nullipara (plural nulliparas or nulliparae)
- A woman who has never carried a pregnancy beyond 20 weeks (one who has never given birth). It includes women who have experienced spontaneous miscarriages and induced abortions before the mid-point of pregnancy, but not women who have experienced pregnancy loss after 20 weeks.
- 2005, Martha Finn, Women's Health: A Core Curriculum, page 147:
- The active phase of labour lasts on average 8 hours for the nullipara and 6 hours for the multipara.
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Synonyms
- nulliparous woman
- para 0 (“para + 0”)
Related terms
- nulliparity
- nulliparous, nuliparous
- multipara
Translations
nullipara
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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nulˈli.pa.ra/
- Rhymes: -ipara
- Hyphenation: nul‧lì‧pa‧ra
Adjective
nullipara (feminine-only, feminine plural nullipare)
- nulliparous