Definition of Multipara

1. Noun. A woman who has given birth to more than one child. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Multipara

1. [n -RAE or -RAS]

Medical Definition of Multipara

1. A woman who has had 2 or more pregnancies resulting in potentially viable offspring. A woman who is para III has had 3 such pregnancies. A woman who is para vi or more is called a grand multipara. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Multipara

multioscillation
multioutlet
multip
multipack
multipackage
multipacket
multipacks
multipage
multipain
multipane
multipaned
multipanel
multipaneled
multipanelled
multipara (current term)
multiparadigm
multiparae
multiparameter
multiparametric
multiparas
multiparcel
multiparent
multiparities
multiparity
multiparous
multipart
multiparter
multiparters
multipartial

Literary usage of Multipara

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

1. Obstetrics, Normal and Operative by George Peaslee Shears (1916)
"At this time the cervix in a multipara has the shape of an inverted funnel. The external FIG. 102. FrG. ... Cervix nf multipara before beginning of labor. ..."

2. The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children (1916)
"eclampsia is more frequently seen in primipara than in multipara, the former having previously unstretched abdominal walls with EXPERIMENT 2. consequent ..."

3. The Principles and practice of obstetrics by Gunning S. Bedford (1869)
"... its Value as a Sign of Pregnancy—Uterus at end of ninth Month—Contrast with eighth Month —Ascent of Organ in Primipara and multipara ; Difference ..."

4. Gynecology by Brooke Melancthon Anspach (1921)
"... body in a multipara. underlying tissue, a sagging of the base of the bladder during attempts lifting or urination occurs, with the subsequent formation ..."

5. The Hahnemannian Monthly (1901)
"... size of silver dollar, was noticed above and to the left of external occipital protuberance. Labor was quite short and easy, the mother, a multipara ..."

6. Obstetrics, Normal and Operative by George Peaslee Shears (1916)
"At this time the cervix in a multipara has the shape of an inverted funnel. The external FIG. 102. FrG. ... Cervix nf multipara before beginning of labor. ..."

7. The American Journal of Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children (1916)
"eclampsia is more frequently seen in primipara than in multipara, the former having previously unstretched abdominal walls with EXPERIMENT 2. consequent ..."

8. The Principles and practice of obstetrics by Gunning S. Bedford (1869)
"... its Value as a Sign of Pregnancy—Uterus at end of ninth Month—Contrast with eighth Month —Ascent of Organ in Primipara and multipara ; Difference ..."

9. Gynecology by Brooke Melancthon Anspach (1921)
"... body in a multipara. underlying tissue, a sagging of the base of the bladder during attempts lifting or urination occurs, with the subsequent formation ..."

10. The Hahnemannian Monthly (1901)
"... size of silver dollar, was noticed above and to the left of external occipital protuberance. Labor was quite short and easy, the mother, a multipara ..."

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