nulliparity

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nulliparity (uncountable)

  1. Never having completed a pregnancy beyond 20 weeks.
    • 2007 December 11, Craig Howard Kinsley, Massimo Bardi, Kate Karelina, Brandi Rima, Lillian Christon, Julia Friedenberg, Garrett Griffin, “Motherhood Induces and Maintains Behavioral and Neural Plasticity across the Lifespan in the Rat”, in Archives of Sexual Behavior, volume 37, number 1, →DOI:
      In mammals, this transition from nulliparity to motherhood profoundly and fundamentally alters the female’s behavioral and motivational repertoire.

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