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multigravida

 [mul″tĭ-grav´ĭ-dah]
a woman pregnant for at least the third time; called also plurigravida.
grand multigravida a woman who has had six or more previous pregnancies.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

mul·ti·grav·i·da

(mŭl'tē-grav'i-dă),
A pregnant woman who has been pregnant one or more times previously.
[multi- + L. gravida, pregnant]
Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

multigravida

(mŭl′tĭ-grăv′ĭ-də)
n.
A pregnant woman who has had one or more previous pregnancies.
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multigravida

adjective Referring to a woman who has been pregnant two or more times.
 
noun A woman who has been pregnant two or more times.
Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

multigravida

Obstetrics A ♀ who has been pregnant 2 or more times. Cf Multipara.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

mul·ti·grav·i·da

(mŭl'tē-grav'i-dă)
A pregnant woman who has been pregnant one or more times previously.
[multi- + L. gravida, pregnant]
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

multigravida

A woman who has had at least two pregnancies.
Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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Type PE E G-HPN C-HPN Primigravida 53 13 23 5 Multigravida 70 5 43 3 Total 123 (54.9%) 18 (8.0%) 66 (29.5%) 8 (3.6%) Type PE + C-HPN Total p-value Primigravida 3 97 0.040 Multigravida 6 127 Total 9 (4.0%) 224 (100%) PE: preeclampsia; E: eclampsia; G-HPN: gestational hypertension; C- HPN: chronic hypertension; PE + C-HPN: preeclampsia superimposed on chronic hypertension.
Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Fetal and Maternal Outcomes of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: A Retrospective Study in Western Saudi Arabia
Multigravida women had 3.5 times more likelihood of facing anemia than primigravida.
Anemia among Women Attending Antenatal Care at the University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017
Almost all of the participants with HBsAg positivity were married and 70.6% were multigravida. None of the sociodemographic and obstetrical characteristics of pregnant women assessed in this study was significantly associated with HBsAg positivity (Table 1).
Prevalence, Infectivity, and Associated Risk Factors of Hepatitis B Virus among Pregnant Women in Yirgalem Hospital, Ethiopia: Implication of Screening to Control Mother-to-Child Transmission
The bivariate logistic regression showed that the primigravida mothers had 84% times lower odds of perinatal depression compared to the grand multigravidas [OR (95% C.I): 0.16 (0.08, 0.31)].
Perinatal Depression and Associated Factors among Mothers in Southern Ethiopia: Evidence from Arba Minch Zuria Health and Demographic Surveillance Site
47.8% and 47.0% of babies who did not survive were of primigravida and multigravida mothers, respectively.
Predictors of Neonatal Deaths in Ashanti Region of Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study
In group-A, 32.3% of patient were primigravida and 67.7% were multigravida, similarly 33.3% were primigravida and 66.7% multigravida in group B (Table 1).
OBSTETRICAL AND FETAL OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH ABNORMAL CARDIOTOCOGRAPH
Multigravida and multiparous women are more likely to develop GDM compared to primigravida and nulliparous women; however, after adjusting for age, prepregnancy BMI, and other confounders, the excess risk disappears.[sup][21] We did not find any association between gravidity and parity and higher rate of GDM.
High Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Beijing: Effect of Maternal Birth Weight and Other Risk Factors
Primigravida was 44% and multigravida was 56% in the study group.
A comparative prospective study to assess the efficacy and safety of iron sucrose versus iron sorbitol citric acid in pregnant women with iron deficiency anemia in a tertiary care hospital
Demographic variables were; age, parity in terms of primi and multigravida, antenatal care received or not and research variable was maternal outcome in terms of discharged alive or expired.
FREQUENCY AND OUTCOME OF ECLAMPSIA
For the analysis purposes, the gravidity was divided into primigravida, multigravida and grandmultigravida (more than 5 pregancies) and age of initiation of smokeless tobacco was divided into (i) less than 10 years, (ii) 11-29 years (iii) 30-40 years.
Use of Smokeless Tobacco in Pregnant Women
Multigravida: A woman who is pregnant for the second or subsequent time.
Storm in the womb: exploring the use of Private Subconscious Mind Healing (P.S.H. Therapy) in the treatment of Hyperemesis Gravidarum Part 2
This information especially offers an advantage for multigravida patients who have been previously sensitized with anti-D.
Molecular testing for high-risk anti-D HDFN screening of RH negative expectant mothers

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