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multiparous

American  
[muhl-tip-er-uhs] / mʌlˈtɪp ər əs /

adjective

  1. of or relating to a multipara.

  2. producing more than one at a birth.

  3. Botany. (of a cyme) having many lateral axes.

multiparous British  
/ ˌmʌltɪˈpærɪtɪ, mʌlˈtɪpərəs /

adjective

  1. (of certain species of mammal) producing many offspring at one birth

  2. of, relating to, or designating a multipara

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Other Word Forms

  • multiparity noun

Etymology

Origin of multiparous

First recorded in 1640–50, multiparous is from the New Latin word multiparus bearing many young at a birth. See multi-, -parous

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