A woman in her first pregnancy is termed a:
a. Nullipara.
b. Multipara.
c. Nulligravida.
d. Para.
A
A nullipara is a woman who has not given birth after a pregnancy of at least 20 weeks of gestation.
A multipara has previously given birth to a fetus that has been older than 20 weeks of gesta-tion.
A nulligravida is a woman when has never been pregnant.
Para is the term to define pregnancies that have gone past 20 weeks.
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