Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the condition of a nullipara.
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- adjective of a woman or female animal That has not
given birth - adjective of a mosquito or other female insect That has not yet laid
eggs
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Examples
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But the opening to her uterus is in the shape of a linear slit, rather than the tight circle of a nulliparous woman.
Healer Carol Wiley Cassella 2010
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Stone, “A meta-analysis of passive descent versus immediate pushing in nulliparous women with epidural analgesia in the second stage of labor,” Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing 37 2008: 4-12.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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Sia, “Rates of caesarean section and instrumental vaginal delivery in nulliparous women after low concentration epidural infusions or opioid analgesia: systematic review” BMJ 328: 1410 2004; L.J. Mayberry, D.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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Harper et al., “A randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for initiation of labor in nulliparous women,” J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 19 2006: 465-70; M.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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Fraser et al., “Multicenter, randomized, controlled trial of delayed pushing for nulliparous women in the second stage of labor with continuous epidural analgesia,” Obstetrics and Gyne-cology 99 2002: 409-18; S.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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Harper et al., “A randomized controlled trial of acupuncture for initiation of labor in nulliparous women,” J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 19 2006: 465-70; M.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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Stone, “A meta-analysis of passive descent versus immediate pushing in nulliparous women with epidural analgesia in the second stage of labor,” Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing 37 2008: 4-12.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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Fraser et al., “Multicenter, randomized, controlled trial of delayed pushing for nulliparous women in the second stage of labor with continuous epidural analgesia,” Obstetrics and Gyne-cology 99 2002: 409-18; S.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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Sia, “Rates of caesarean section and instrumental vaginal delivery in nulliparous women after low concentration epidural infusions or opioid analgesia: systematic review” BMJ 328: 1410 2004; L.J. Mayberry, D.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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A prospective study of serum DDT and progesterone and estrogen levels across menstrual cycle in nulliparous women of reproductive age.
brandelion commented on the word nulliparous
what a great word!
December 17, 2006
lex commented on the word nulliparous
"-Oh, forgot all about them yes, he looked up square into nulliparous shadow, swallowed, -that first night we..."
- William Gaddis, JR, p. 502
January 17, 2008