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‖ multipara Obstetrics.|mʌlˈtɪpərə|
Pl. -paras, -paræ.
[mod.L., fem. of multiparus: see multi- and -parous.]
A woman who has borne more than one child. Freq. used (in contrast to primipara) to include pregnant women with a single previous delivery, the forthcoming birth being anticipated in the enumeration.
1860[see primiparous a.]. 1872T. G. Thomas Dis. Women (ed. 3) 76 Should the case be one of a multipara, the cylinder may be introduced without pain. 1879J. M. Duncan Clin. Lect. Dis. Women xix. 209 Procidentia is..more likely to occur to a multipara than a primipara. 1890tr. F. Winckel's Textbk. Obstetr. iii. v. 112 It is by no means easy to distinguish a multipara from a primipara, especially when the previous pregnancy took place many years before. 1938A. L. Mudaliar Clin. Obstetr. ii. vi. 35 In multiparæ the changes in the breasts are not of much diagnostic value, because pregnancy may take place in a lactating woman. 1958J. R. Willson et al. Obstetr. & Gynecol. xxviii. 321 In primigravidas the cervix is usually well effaced before the contractions of true labor begin, but preparation of the cervix in multiparas differs slightly. 1967J. B. Lawson in Lawson & Stewart Obstetr. & Gynaecol. in Tropics i. 5 None of the risks of high parity..are unique to grande multiparae (para 5 and above) but are commoner in this group. 1972E. C. Hughes Obstetr.-Gynecol. Terminol. vii. 333 A multipara is a woman who has given birth two or more times to an infant or infants, alive or dead, weighing 500 gm or more. |