multigravida

[muhl-ti-grav-i-duh]

noun

Obstetrics.

plural

multigravidas, multigravidae 

1. a pregnant woman who has been pregnant two or more times.

multigravida

/ ˌmʌltɪˈɡrævɪdə /

noun

1. a woman who is pregnant for at least the third time Compare multipara

Other Word Forms

• multigravidity noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of multigravida¹

First recorded in 1885–90; multi- + gravida

Word History and Origins

Origin of multigravida¹

C20: New Latin; see _multi- , _gravid

Example Sentences

By the third pregnancy, 11 years later, I was over 35, which classified me, in the obstetric terminology I had learned in medical school, as an “elderly multigravida,” that is, someone who was having a child but not her first child, after 35.

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I went back to my chart and saw that it still listed “multigravida” in the section marked “past medical history.”

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Instead, while perusing my electronic medical file recently, I found a note that totally stumped me: “multigravida.”

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