gravida

[ grav-i-duh ]

noun

, Obstetrics.

, plural grav·i·das, grav·i·dae [grav, -i-dee].

1. a woman's status regarding pregnancy; usually followed by a roman numeral designating the number of times the woman has been pregnant.
2. a pregnant woman.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gravida¹

1925–30; < New Latin, Latin: feminine of gravidus pregnant, laden; gravid

Example Sentences

Another employed a shower cap and her own baby bump to replicate Raphael's La donna gravida.

From BBC

DAW: Why, with increase is, when I court her for the common cause of mankind; and she says nothing, but "consentire videtur": and in time is gravida.

From Project Gutenberg