gravida

Other forms: gravidas

Definitions of gravida
  1. noun
    the number of the pregnancy that a woman is in
    “in her third pregnancy a woman is said to be gravida three”
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    type of:
    gestation, maternity, pregnancy
    the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus
  2. noun
    a pregnant woman
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    types:
    gravida I, primigravida
    (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time
    gravida II, secundigravida
    a woman who is pregnant for the second time
    gravida III, tertigravida
    a woman who is pregnant for the third time
    type of:
    adult female, woman
    an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
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