GRAVIDITY

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Gravida

Gravid

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Gravida

In medicine, 'gravidity' refers to the number of times a woman has been pregnant.

★ A 'gravida' is a pregnant woman.

★ A 'nulligravida' or 'gravida 0' is a woman who has never been pregnant.

★ A 'primigravida' or 'gravida 1' is a woman who is pregnant for the first time or has been pregnant one time.

★ A 'multigravida' or more specifically a 'gravida 2' (also 'secundigravida'), 'gravida 3', and so on, is a woman who has been pregnant more than one time.

★ An 'elderly primigravida' is a woman in her first pregnancy, who is at least 35 years old.
The term gravida is generally coupled with 'para' and 'abortus' to indicate more details of the woman's obstetric history.

Gravid

'Gravid' is term used in entomology to describe a mated female insect.
'Gravid' is term used in biology to describe the condition of a female livebearing fish (or snakes) when carrying young internally.

See also

★ Parity (medicine)

★ TPAL

★ Gravida/para

★ Gravida/para/abortus