Gravidity (Noun)
Meaning
Technical terms for pregnancy.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- A woman's gravidity is determined by the number of times she has been pregnant, regardless of the outcome of the pregnancies.
- The obstetrician asked the patient about her gravidity to assess her risk factors for complications during the current pregnancy.
- A woman who has been pregnant five times has a gravidity of five, even if she has only given birth to three children.
- The medical record listed the patient's gravidity as G3P2, indicating that she had been pregnant three times and given birth twice.
- The study examined the relationship between gravidity and the risk of gestational diabetes in pregnant women.