Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nullipara

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nul-li-para
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A woman who has never carried a pregnancy beyond 20 weeks (one who has never given birth). It includes women who have experienced spontaneous miscarriages and induced abortions before the mid-point of pregnancy, but not women who have experienced pregnancy loss after 20 weeks.

Example Sentences

"The active phase of labour lasts on average 8 hours for the nullipara and 6 hours for the multipara."

Etymology

From Latin nūllipara.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: nūllipara

Inflected Forms

nulliparas (plural) nulliparae (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

nulliparity nulliparous nuliparous multipara

Synonyms

nulliparous woman para 0

Questions

What does nullipara mean?: A woman who has never carried a pregnancy beyond 20 weeks (one who has never given birth). It includes women who have experienced spontaneous miscarriages and induced abortions before the mid-point of pregnancy, but not women who have experienced pregnancy loss after 20 weeks.
Where does nullipara come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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