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multiparous, a.|mʌlˈtɪpərəs|
[f. mod.L. multipar-us: see multi- and -parous.]
1. Bringing forth many young at a birth; pertaining to or characterized by this kind of parturition.
1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xv. 141 It is not denied there have been bicipitous Serpents with the head at each extream,..which double formations do often happen unto multiparous generations. 1646[see multifidous]. 1691Ray Creation (1692) 106 Multiparous quadrupeds, as Dogs, as Swine, are furnished with a multitude of Paps. 1782A. Monro Compar. Anat. (ed. 3) 31 In bitches and other multiparous animals. 1829Good's Study Med. V. 225 Parodynia Pluralis. Multiparous Labour. 1839–47Todd's Cycl. Anat. III. 315/1 The oviducts are shorter..in the uniparous Kangaroo, than in the multiparous Opossums. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life 8 The multiparous character of the order [Rodentia].
2. That is a multipara; of or pertaining to a woman who has borne more than one child.
1860Tanner Pregnancy ii. 78 The multiparous organ [sc. uterus] is in every respect rather larger and heavier. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 572 In the case of children of the multiparous, no less than 16 proved insusceptible to vaccination.
3. Bot. Applied to a cyme that has many axes.
1880A. Gray Struct. Bot. 152 Bravais distinguishes cymes as multiparous, with three or more lateral axes; biparous [etc.].
Hence multiˈparity [see parity2].
1890Cent. Dict. 1905Brit. Med. Jrnl. 16 Sept. 42 Woman is in a state of transition from multiparity to uniparity. |