PRIMIGRAVIDA

primigravida, gravida I

(noun) (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

primigravida (plural primigravidas or primigravidae or primigravidæ) (archaic)

(obstetrics, veterinary medicine) A woman or female animal who is pregnant for the first time, or who has been pregnant once. [from late 19th c.]

Synonyms: primigravid, primipara (one sense)

Antonyms: multigravid, multigravida, multipara (one sense)

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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