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Beside infertile there are other terms used as well. A woman is "nulliparous" if she's never given birth to a viable infant.

In medicine, parity is a technical term that refers to the number of times a woman or female animal has given birth. A woman who has never given birth is referred to as being nulliparous, a nullipara or para 0. A woman who has given birth a particular number of times is referred to as para 1, para 2, para 3 and so on. Biparous or bipara are sometimes used as synonyms for para 2.

A woman who has given birth two or more times is referred to as multiparous. The term multiparous can also be used to describe someone who has given birth to more than one offspring at once. Grand multipara refers to a woman who has given birth more than five times.

Parity is recorded in the format, T-P-A-L, where T is the number of full-term births, P, the number premature births, A, the number of abortions (spontaneous or induced) and L, the number of living children. For example, parity of a woman who has given birth to one full-term child and has had one miscarriage would be recorded as P 1-0-1-1.

Another term is gravidity, a technical term that refers to the number of times a woman has been pregnant. A gravida is a pregnant woman. A woman who has never been pregnant is referred to as a nulligravida or gravida 0. A woman who is pregnant for the first time is referred to as a primigravida or gravida 1. A woman who has been pregnant some other number of times is referred to generally as multigravida or more specifically as gravida 2 (also secundigravida), gravida 3, and so on.
Gravida is generally grouped with the term para for the number of viable offspring, and sometimes the addition of abortus to indicate the number of abortions. Combined, the GPA gives a quick overview of a female's obstetric history. G3, P2, A1 would indicate three pregnancies, two live births, and one abortion (abortions may refer to abortions or miscarriages).

2007-03-28 21:10:09 · answer #1 · answered by Rickydotcom 6 · 4 0

Infertility

2007-03-28 20:58:56 · answer #2 · answered by imicola 4 · 0 0

I call it "sterility" or "infertility."

In women the term "barren" is also sometimes used but the term is largely archaic.

2007-03-28 21:00:38 · answer #3 · answered by Warren D 7 · 0 0

maybe its being barren. or maybe your allergic to little parasites that suck the life out of you and turn you into their victim for 9 grueling months, a.k.a. a baby.

2007-03-28 21:07:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

infertility?

2007-03-28 20:59:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

impotence

2007-03-28 21:00:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

steril...

2007-03-28 21:12:06 · answer #7 · answered by Gambit-Xeneise 5 · 0 0

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