SYNONYMS FOR foolish1 imprudent, unreasonable, foolhardy, irrational; thoughtless, nonsensical, ridiculous, absurd, pointless, preposterous.
: a delusional mental illness that is marked by feelings of personal omnipotence and grandeur.
Arson is a crime of willfully and maliciously setting fire to or charring property. In such cases, a person destroys their own property by burning it and then lies about the cause in order to collect against their insurance policy. A person who commits arson is called an arsonist.
1 : the laboring class especially : the class of industrial workers who lack their own means of production and hence sell their labor to live. 2 : the lowest social or economic class of a community.
(A woman who's never been pregnant is called nulligravida.)
Medical Definition of MultiparousMultiparous: 1) Having multiple births. 2) Related to a multipara.
Here are 4 tips that should help you perfect your pronunciation of 'nulliparous':
- Break 'nulliparous' down into sounds: [NU] + [LIP] + [UH] + [RUHS] - say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them.
- Record yourself saying 'nulliparous' in full sentences, then watch yourself and listen.
A woman who is (or has been only) pregnant for the first time is referred to as a primigravida, and a woman in subsequent pregnancies as a multigravida or as multiparous. Therefore, during a second pregnancy a woman would be described as gravida 2, para 1 and upon live delivery as gravida 2, para 2.
Currently, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence4 defines gravidity as 'pregnant', parous as 'having borne at least one viable offspring (usually more than 24 weeks of gestation)', nulliparous as 'having never given birth to a viable infant' and multiparous as 'having carried more than one pregnancy to
The term "gravida" can be used to refer to a pregnant woman. A "nulligravida" is a woman who has never been pregnant. A "primigravida" is a woman who is pregnant for the first time or has been pregnant one time. A "multigravida" or "secundigravida" is a woman who has been pregnant more than one time.
The nulliparous cervix has a smooth, round external os. The parous cervical os is uneven and wide, often described as having a “fish mouth” appearance. The parous cervix is more bulky than the nulliparous cervix.
postnatal – a term meaning 'after birth' (alternative terms are 'post-birth' and 'postpartum') postnatal depression – a condition that affects some mothers in the days, weeks or months after giving birth. postpartum haemorrhage – when a woman loses more than 500 ml of blood after birth.
