primiparous en · ADJ
Etymology
From New Latin prīmiparus, from prīmus (“first”) + pariō (“to give birth”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pregnant or giving birth for the first time.
[The linea nigra] may generally be regarded, especially in a primiparous female, as a certain sign of pregnancy[…]
1857, Pierre Cazeaux, translated by Wm. R. Bullock, A Theoretical and practical treatise on midwifery, Lindsay and Blakiston, page 128:
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(not-comparable) Having borne only one child.
Seashore et al. (1973) found that in comparison to multiparous women, primiparous women separated from their premature babies undergo greater loss of self-confidence, an effect that apparently can be reversed if primiparous women have had prior experience caring for infants.
1990, Carl M. Corter, Alison S. Fleming, “Maternal Responsiveness in Humans: Emotional, Cognitive, and Biological Factors”, in Advances in the Study of Behavior, volume 19, page 102:
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primipara · primigravid (pregnant for the first time)