a woman who has given birth to more than one viable fetus or living child
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Word origin
C19: New Latin, feminine of multiparusmultiparous
Examples of 'multiparae' in a sentence
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Urinary dermatitis occurred more frequently in the older age group and multiparae.
M Hassan, S Nasir 2019, 'Co morbidities associated with vesico vaginal fistula in patients managed in MaryamAbacha Fistula Hospital Sokoto, Northwestern Nigeria', Tropical Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecologyhttp://www.tjogonline.com/article.asp?issn=0189-5117;year=2019;volume=36;issue=1;spage=44;epage=48;aulast=Hassan. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Similar effects were seen in births to primiparae and multiparae.
Laura L Miller, Marcus Pembrey, George Davey Smith, Kate Northstone, Jean Golding 2014, 'Is the growth of the fetus of a non-smoking mother influenced by the smoking of eithergrandmother while pregnant?', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3913581?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Previous studies that compared the reproductive outcomes of teenage nulliparae and multiparae often did not consider the adolescents' reproductive histories.
Wenzlaff Paul, Schücking Beate A, Reime Birgit 2008, 'Reproductive outcomes in adolescents who had a previous birth or an induced abortioncompared to adolescents' first pregnancies', BMC Pregnancy and Childbirthhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2393/8/4. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)