Terms Related to Primiparity

• Gravidity

  The number of pregnancies, complete or incomplete, experienced by a female. It is different from PARITY, which is the number of offspring borne. (From Stedman, ...

• Multiple Birth Offspring

  The offspring in multiple pregnancies (PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE): TWINS; TRIPLETS; QUADRUPLETS; QUINTUPLETS; etc.

• Litter Size

  The number of offspring produced at one birth by an animal.

• Female Circumcision

  A general term encompassing three types of excision of the external female genitalia - Sunna, clitoridectomy, and infibulation. It is associated with severe health risks ...

• Prevalence

  The total number of cases of a given disease in a specified population at a designated time. It is differentiated from INCIDENCE, which refers to ...

• Tick-Borne Infection

  Bacterial, viral, or parasitic diseases transmitted to humans and animals by the bite of infected ticks. The families Ixodidae and Argasidae contain many bloodsucking species ...

• Mitotic Indices

  An expression of the number of mitoses found in a stated number of cells.