Definition of Parous

1. Adjective. Having given birth to one or more viable children.

Derivative terms: Para
Partainyms: Parity

Definition of Parous

1. Adjective. Having given birth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Parous

1. having produced offspring [adj]

Medical Definition of Parous

1. Pertaining to parity. Origin: L. Pario, to bear (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parous

parotidectomy
parotiditis
parotidoauricularis
parotids
parotin
parotis
parotises
parotitic
parotitides
parotitis
parotitises
parotoid
parotoid gland
parotoids
parous (current term)
parousia
parousias
parovaria
parovarian
parovarian cyst
parovariotomy
parovaritis
parovarium
paroxetime
paroxetine
paroxypropione
paroxysm
paroxysmal
paroxysmal atrial tachycardia

Literary usage of Parous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of midwifery by Alfred Lewis Galabin (1897)
"Differences between nulliparous and parous ... is almost level, scarcely rising above the line of the broad ligaments; in the parous uterus, it in markedly ..."

2. Gynecology by Brooke Melancthon Anspach (1921)
"No erosion and no laceration« The cervical mucosa not exposed. *.—parous cervix. Deep bilateral laceration with ..."

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