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nulliparous

[ nuh-lip-er-uhs ]

adjective

  1. Medicine/Medical. of, relating to, or being a woman who has never, or never before, given birth:

    Overwhelming anxiety about delivering her first child can have a devastating impact on a nulliparous woman's life.

  2. Zoology. of, relating to, or being any female in the animal kingdom that has never given birth or laid eggs:

    We conducted sterilization experiments to create a community of nulliparous mosquitoes.

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