primigravidadj.n.
/ˌprʌɪmᵻˈɡravᵻd/, /ˌpriːmᵻˈɡravᵻd/, U.S. /ˌpraɪməˈɡrævəd/ Obstetrics and Veterinary Medicine.
A. adj.
Pregnant for the first time.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adjective]
greatc1175
with childc1175
with childc1300
baggeda1400
bounda1400
pregnant?a1425
quicka1450
greaterc1480
heavyc1480
teeming1530
great-bellied1533
big1535
boundenc1540
impregnate1540
great-wombeda1550
young with child1566
gravid1598
pregnate1598
pagled1599
enceinte1602
child-great1605
conceived1637
big-bellieda1646
brooding1667
in the (also a) family way1688
in the (also that) way1741
undelivered1799
ensient1818
enwombeda1822
in a delicate condition1827
gestant1851
in pod1890
up the (also a) pole1918
in a particular condition1922
preg?1927
in the spud line1937
up the spout1937
preggy1938
up the stick1941
preggers1942
in pig1945
primigravid1949
preggo1951
in a certain condition1958
gestating1961
up the creek1961
in the (pudding) cluba1966
gravidated-
1949 Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynecol. 57 1210 Among primigravid women the problem of age and aging in relation to pregnancy and parturition is as old as the practice of obstetrics.
1966 Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynaecol. 73 670/1 Two hundred primigravid patients having spontaneous vaginal vertex deliveries were studied.
1988 Amer. Jrnl. Vet. Res. 49 2068/1 Primigravid swine were vaccinated orally with a live enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli ( etec) strain.
1994 D. Tulchinsky & A. B. Little Maternal–Fetal Endocrinol. (ed. 2) v. 90/2 Accumulated evidence supporting the concept of an immune component in preeclampsia arose from the findings that women affected by this disorder are mainly primigravid.
B. n.
= primigravida n.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [noun] > woman
pregnant1654
expectant mother1806
primigravida1884
multigravida1890
mother-to-be1899
secundigravida1903
parturient1955
primigravid1981
1981 Trop. & Geogr. Med. 33 61 (title) Calcium metabolism in African primigravids.
2004 Internat. Jrnl. Neurosci. 114 1099 After delivery, multigravids performed better than primigravids on verbal memory tasks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.n.1949