para I
- noun
- /ˈpærə aɪ/
- Specialized
:
primípara
- She is a para I who recently had a baby.
Examples
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The medical record noted that she is a para I following her recent delivery.
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The study examined the postpartum experiences of para I women in urban hospitals.
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As a para I, her case was closely monitored by the obstetrician.
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As a para I, she experienced many new emotions.
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The medical record noted that she is a para I following her recent delivery.
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As a para I, her case was closely monitored by the obstetrician.
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The study examined the postpartum experiences of para I women in urban hospitals.
Synonyms
A woman who has given birth to a child for the first time
Antonyms
How Many
Surface Forms
Morphology
para + I
The phrase is largely compositional because 'para' denotes a woman recorded by number of live births and 'I' (as the Roman numeral one) signals a single birth, so the overall sense 'woman who has given birth once' can be derived. However, the form relies on a domain-specific medical notation (parity notation and Roman numerals), so a learner must recognise that convention; this makes the transparency partial rather than fully transparent.
Etymology
Para I comes from a simple medical way of counting births. para means a woman who 'has given birth' and I is the number one, so para I means a woman who has had one baby.
