单词 | nullipara |
释义 | nulliparan. Medicine. A woman (or, rarely, other female animal) who has never given birth. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > [noun] > woman having never borne children nullipara1868 1868 T. G. Thomas Pract. Treat. Dis. Women iii. 32 In a nullipara, or virgin, it [sc. the cylinder of a speculum] is often produced. 1929 Sci. Monthly 29 564/2 ‘Josephine’ [sc. a chimpanzee] was unquestionably a nullipara, having been brought from Africa before she was fully adult. 1971 Family Planning Perspectives 3 2/2 They have inserted some 900 Dalkon shields, in nulliparas as well as multiparas, with no perforations and no complications. 1991 Lancet 3 Aug. 324/2 It is well recognised that increased birthweight is associated with a higher incidence of caesarean section for dystocia in nulliparae. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1868 |
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