a woman who is pregnant for at least the third time
Compare multipara
Word origin
C20: New Latin; see multi-, gravid
multigravida in American English
(ˌmʌltɪˈɡrævɪdə)
nounWord forms: plural-das or -dae (-ˌdi)
Obstetrics
a pregnant woman who has been pregnant two or more times
Derived forms
multigravidity (ˌmʌltɪɡrəˈvɪdɪti)
noun
Word origin
[1885–90; multi- + gravida]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: foregut, roller coaster, toner, upsweep, zoommulti- is a combining form meaning “many,” “much,” “multiple,” “many times,” “more thanone,” “more than two,” “composed of many like parts,” “in many respects,” used inthe formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix multi- include: multifilament, multimeter, multinational, multipronged, multivalent
Examples of 'multigravida' in a sentence
multigravida
Incidence of complete expulsion was more among primigravida than multigravida.
Kala Bahuleyan Santha, Radhamani Mavunkal Viswanathan, Bessy Binu Sam, Lisy Sivadasan,Anu Susan Sam 2017, 'MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF MISSED MISCARRIAGES USING VAGINAL MISOPROSTOL- A PROSPECTIVEOBSERVATIONAL STUDY', Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcarehttp://www.jebmh.com/data_pdf/1_Bessy%20binu%20-1%20-%20FINAL.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Sixty-two were primi gravida and 38 were multigravida.
Sahana Raviraj Manipur, Pavana Acharya, Kavitha Chikkanayakanahalli Venugopal, LakshmiBomalapura Ramamurthy 2017, 'Clinical study of retinal changes in pregnancy induced hypertension', Guoji Yanke Zazhihttp://ies.ijo.cn/cn_publish/2017/6/201706006.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The authors presented a 41-year-old multigravida patient.
Živadinović Radomir, Mijović Žaklina, Petrić Aleksandra, Popović Jasmina, VukomanovićPredrag, Trenkić Milan, Krtinić Dane 2016, 'Metastatic malignant melanoma of the uterus diagnosed by colposcopy', Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvohttp://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2016/0370-81791606329Z.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
After stratification based on parity, the excess risk was found in multigravida.
Shanshan Ni, Yanyan Zhang, Yulin Deng, Yunhui Gong, Juan Huang, Yi Bai, Rong Zhou 2012, 'M235T polymorphism contributes to risk of preeclampsia: evidence from a meta-analysis',Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone Systemhttps://doi.org/10.1177/1470320312440903. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Overall, 3082 were multigravida and only 197 were grandemultipara.
Ryan Saktika Mulyana, Anak Agung Ngurah Jaya Kusuma, I Nyoman Hariyasa Sanjaya, EndangSri Widiyanti 2016, 'Characteristics of High-Risk Pregnancy in Sanglah General Hospital 2011-2014', Bali Medical Journalhttps://balimedicaljournal.org/index.php/bmj/article/view/260. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Thus, no differences in anxiety levels between primigravida and multigravida.
Iqbal Muhammad Iqbal, Yuliana Ratna Wati, Arief Budi Yulianti 2015, 'Perbandingan Tingkat Kecemasan Primigravida dengan Multigravida di RSUD Majalaya',Global Medical & Health Communicationhttp://ejournal.unisba.ac.id/index.php/gmhc/article/view/1551. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Multigravida with previous one lower segment caesarean section at term in early labour.
Thulasi , Rebecca 2016, 'MATERNAL AND FOETAL OUTCOME OF VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CAESAREAN SECTION', Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcarehttp://www.jebmh.com/data_pdf/1_Thulasi%20P%20-%202%20---FINAL.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
More than half were multigravida.
Suneetha Kalam, Moly Sam K, Suriya K 2017, 'CLINICAL AND ULTRASONOGRAPHIC PREDICTORS OF FOETAL MACROSOMIA', Journal of Evidence Based Medicine and Healthcarehttp://www.jebmh.com/data_pdf/3_Suneetha%20Kalam%20-%20FINAL.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)