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multipara
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multipara /mul·tip·a·ra/ (mul-tip´ah-rah) a woman who has had two or more pregnancies resulting in viable fetuses, whether or not the offspring were alive at birth.multip´arous
grand multipara  a woman who has had six or more pregnancies resulting in viable fetuses.

mul·tip·a·ra (ml-tpr-)
n. pl. mul·tip·a·ras or mul·tip·a·rae (-r)
A woman who has given birth two or more times.

multipara
[multip′ərə] pl. multiparae
Etymology: L multus + parere, to bear
a woman who has delivered more than one viable infant. Also called pluripara. Compare multigravida, nullipara, primipara.

multipara [mul-tip´ah-rah]
a woman who has had two or more pregnancies resulting in viable offspring; called also pluripara. adj., adj multip´arous.
grand multipara a woman who has had six or more pregnancies that resulted in viable offspring.

multipara
a female which has had two or more pregnancies resulting in viable offspring.

multipara
Obstetrics A woman who has completed 2 or more pregancies resulting in the birth of live infants, or to the point of viability. Cf Multigravida.


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Kirby (2004) noted that nulliparas are 10% more likely to be induced with a 40-week pregnancy and are 37% more likely to be induced with a prolonged pregnancy than multiparas of the same gestational status.
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