multipara

American  

[muhl-tip-er-uh] / mʌlˈtɪp ər ə /

noun

Obstetrics.

plural

multiparas, multiparae

1. a woman who has borne two or more children, or who is parturient for the second time.

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multipara British  

/ mʌlˈtɪpərə /

noun

1. a woman who has given birth to more than one viable fetus or living child Compare multigravida

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Etymology

Origin of multipara

1870–75; noun use of feminine of New Latin multiparus multiparous

Example Sentences

Multipara, mul-tip′a-ra, n. a woman who has had two or more children:—opp. to Primipara.

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On the other hand, in a multipara who has had three or four children, whose soft parts are relaxed and who has short labors, the anesthetic of choice would be a few whiffs of chloroform as the head passes over the perineum.

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The sedentary multipara, curled up in her boudoir on a rainy afternoon, finds nothing to her taste in his grim tales.

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Tridandani found in pregnant women that though the superficial reflexes, with the exception of the abdominal, were diminished, the deep and tendon reflexes were markedly increased, especially that of the knee, these changes being more marked in primiparæ than in multiparæ, and more pronounced as pregnancy advanced, the normal condition returning with ten days after labor.

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When four months pregnant the mother, a multipara of 30, was startled by a black and white collie dog suddenly pushing against her and rushing out when she opened the door.

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