gravida

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See also: grávida, and gravidă

English

Etymology

From Latin gravida[1], the feminine singular adjective (and also noun) of gravidus (pregnant), from gravis (heavy).

Noun

gravida (plural gravidas or gravidae)

  1. (medicine) A pregnant woman.

Usage notes

  • She is referred to as gravida 1 during the first pregnancy, gravida 2 during the second, etc.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ John G. Robertson, Robertson's Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Combining Elements (Senior Scribe Publications, 1991, →ISBN), page 64.

See also


Dutch

Noun

gravida f (plural gravidae or gravida's, diminutive gravidaatje n)

  1. (gynaecology) A pregnant woman.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English gravidFrench gravideItalian gravidoSpanish grávido, all from Latin gravidus (pregnant).

Pronunciation

Adjective

gravida

  1. pregnant

Derived terms


Italian

Adjective

gravida

  1. feminine singular of gravido

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

Ellipsis of gravida fēmina (laden woman, pregnant woman).

Pronunciation

Noun

gravida f (genitive gravidae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) pregnant woman

Declension

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) gravida

  1. inflection of gravidus:
    1. nominative/vocative singular feminine
    2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural neuter

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) gravidā

  1. ablative singular feminine of gravidus