nullipara
[ nuh-lip-er-uh ]
noun,plural nul·lip·a·rae [nuh-lip-uh-ree]. /nʌˈlɪp əˌri/.
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.
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
1Other 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)
a woman who has never borne a child
Origin of nullipara
1C19: 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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