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multipara
[ muhl-tip-er-uh ]
/ mʌlˈtɪp ər ə /
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noun, plural mul·tip·a·ras, mul·tip·a·rae [muhl-tip-uh-ree]. /mʌlˈtɪp əˌri/. Obstetrics.
a woman who has borne two or more children, or who is parturient for the second time.
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Origin of multipara
1870–75; noun use of feminine of New Latin multiparusmultiparous
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How to use multipara in a sentence
The sedentary multipara, curled up in her boudoir on a rainy afternoon, finds nothing to her taste in his grim tales.
A Book of Prefaces|H. L. MenckenMultipara, mul-tip′a-ra, n. a woman who has had two or more children:—opp.
British Dictionary definitions for multipara
multipara
/ (mʌlˈtɪpərə) /
noun plural -rae (-ˌriː)
a woman who has given birth to more than one viable fetus or living childCompare multigravida
Word Origin for multipara
C19: New Latin, feminine of multiparus multiparous
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