NOUN | state | gravida | the number of the pregnancy that a woman is in |
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person | gravida | a pregnant woman |
Meaning | The number of the pregnancy that a woman is in. | |
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Example | "in her third pregnancy a woman is said to be gravida three" | |
Broader | pregnancy, gestation, maternity | The state of being pregnant |
Meaning | A pregnant woman. | |
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Narrower | primigravida, gravida I | (obstetrics) a woman who is pregnant for the first time |
secundigravida, gravida II | A woman who is pregnant for the second time | |
tertigravida, gravida III | A woman who is pregnant for the third time | |
Broader | woman, adult female | An adult female person (as opposed to a man) |
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