What does -gravida mean in medical terms?

-gravida

Meaning: pregnant woman

Type: Suffix

A suffix goes at the very end of a word, after the root. On this page: what -gravida means, and real medical words that use it, each broken down into its parts.

Example words using -gravida

primigravida
primi (first) + -gravida (pregnant woman) = a woman pregnant for the first time
multigravida
multi (many) + -gravida (pregnant woman) = a woman who has been pregnant more than once

Shortened forms

Charts and notes shorten long terms — see the Medical Abbreviations guide for the short forms you will meet in real records.

Please note: This section teaches the language of medicine — what word parts mean and how terms are built. It is an educational reference, not medical advice. For the meaning of a word in your own medical record, ask the clinician who wrote it.