multipara

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.

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·tip·a·ra

(mŭl-tip'ă-ră),

A woman who has given birth at least twice to an infant, liveborn or not, weighing 500 g or more, or having an estimated length of gestation of at least 20 weeks.

[multi- + L. pario, to bring forth, to bear]

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

multipara

(mŭl-tĭp′ər-ə)

n. pl. multipa·ras also multipa·rae (-rē)

A woman who has given birth two or more times.

The American Heritage® Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2007, 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

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.

McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

mul·tip·a·ra

(mŭl-tip'ă-ră)

A woman who has given birth at least twice to an infant, liveborn or not, weighing 500 g or more, or having an estimated length of gestation of at least 20 weeks.

[multi- + L. pario, to bring forth, to bear]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

multipara

A woman who has carried at least two babies to a viable stage or who has delivered more than one live baby.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005