出産回数
解説 Definition
産科で、妊娠が所定の在胎期間に達した回数を示す語です。多胎妊娠も通常は1回と数え、児の生死や現在の生存児数とは区別します。妊娠そのものの回数を示す gravida と対にして用いられます。
In obstetrics, para indicates the number of pregnancies a woman has carried to a specified viable gestational stage, often expressed as a number. It records birth history rather than simply counting her living children.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
産科の para は「何人の子がいるか」ではなく、一定の妊娠期間を経た出産の回数を示す専門語として覚えます。para 3 なら基本的に3回の出産歴です。妊娠回数を示す gravida と対で gravida/para と記録されることが多く、parity「出産歴」と結び付けると混同を防げます。
Connect medical para with parity, the obstetric term for a woman’s history of births reaching a defined gestational stage. In records, para is often followed by a number, as in para 3, indicating three such pregnancies or deliveries; it does not simply mean that three children are currently alive. Learn it beside gravida, which counts pregnancies rather than qualifying births. The pair gravida and para is common in medical assessment, so remembering “pregnancies versus births” gives you a practical distinction and prevents confusion with unrelated uses of para.
例文
The medical term para indicates the number of pregnancies that have reached the defined gestational threshold.
医学用語の para は、所定の在胎期間に達した妊娠の回数を示します。
Doctors consider para status when assessing pregnancy risk.
医師は妊娠リスク評価時にpara状態を考慮します。
A woman with para 3 has had three deliveries counted toward parity.
para 3の女性には、出産歴として数えられる分娩が3回あります。
para の類義語・関連語
para の語源・成り立ち Etymology
産科の para は primipara、multipara、nullipara などと同じ語群に属し、最終的には「産む、産出する」を意味するラテン語 parere に関係します。parachute や paratrooper の短縮形としての para とは別系統です。
The obstetric term para belongs with parity and terms such as primipara and multipara. These forms ultimately relate to Latin parere, meaning “to bring forth” or “give birth.” This medical use is independent of para as a shortening of parachute or paratrooper. In that unrelated military use, para is associated with parachute, a word formed from Italian para-, “protect against,” and French chute, “fall.”
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