primigravida

Meaning

Noun

A woman or female animal who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once.

Origin

From Latin prīmus ("first") (modelled after primipara) + Medieval Latin gravida ("pregnant woman"), feminine singular of Latin gravidus ("pregnant, gravid"), from gravō + -idus.

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