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nullipara

[nuh-lip-er-uh]

noun

plural

nulliparae 
  1. Medicine/Medical.a woman who has never, or never before, given birth.

    The patient is a 38-year-old nullipara in her second trimester of pregnancy.

  2. Zoology.any female in the animal kingdom that has never given birth or laid eggs.

    None of the nulliparae among these bottlenose dolphins had developed uterine fibrosis.



nullipara

/ ʌˈɪəə /

noun

  1. a woman who has never borne a child

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • nulliparity noun
  • nulliparous adjective
  • Գܱˈ貹dzܲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of nullipara1

First recorded in 1870–75; from New Latin, equivalent to ū- nulli- + -para, feminine of -parus -parous
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of nullipara1

C19: New Latin, from nullus no, not any + -para, from parere to bring forth; see -parous
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Nullipara, nul-lip′a-ra, n. a woman who has never given birth to a child, esp. if not a virgin.—adj.

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