multipara

[ muhl-tip-er-uh ]

noun

, Obstetrics.

, plural mul·tip·a·ras, mul·tip·a·rae [muhl-, tip, -, uh, -ree].

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

multipara

/ mʌlˈtɪpərə /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of multipara¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of multipara¹

C19: New Latin, feminine of 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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J. R. Folsom, of Cecil, Georgia, has reported a female, born alive to a negro multipara, who died two hours after birth.

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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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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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