nullipara

[ nuh-lip-er-uh ]

noun,plural nul·lip·a·rae [nuh-lip-uh-ree]. /nʌˈlɪp əˌri/.
  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.

Origin of nullipara

1
First recorded in 1870–75; from New Latin, equivalent to nūlli- nulli- + -para, feminine of -parus -parous

Other words from nullipara

  • nul·li·par·i·ty [nuhl-uh-par-i-tee], /ˌnʌl əˈpær ɪ ti/, noun
  • nul·lip·a·rous, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for nullipara

nullipara

/ (nʌˈlɪpərə) /


nounplural -rae (-ˌriː)
  1. a woman who has never borne a child

Origin of nullipara

1
C19: New Latin, from nullus no, not any + -para, from parere to bring forth; see -parous

Derived forms of nullipara

  • nulliparous, adjective

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