Definition of multiparous in English:
multiparous
adjective mʌlˈtɪp(ə)rəsˌməlˈtɪpərəs
Medicine 1(of a woman) having borne more than one child.
Example sentencesExamples
- Only one in four nulliparous women and just over one half of multiparous women with this presentation achieve a spontaneous vaginal delivery.
- Primiparous and multiparous women were analysed separately, as were elective and emergency caesarean sections.
- The caesarean rate for intended home births was 8.3% among primiparous women and 1.6% among multiparous women.
- Not surprisingly, primiparous women had higher cortisol levels than multiparous women, and lactation started earlier among the multiparous women whatever the mode of delivery.
- High-dose regimens may be used for multiparous women, but no data support the use of high-dose oxytocin regimens for augmentation in a patient with a previously scarred uterus.
- 1.1Zoology Producing more than one young at a birth.
Example sentencesExamples
- The behavior of six multiparous sows per pen, bedded on straw, was recorded.
Definition of multiparous in US English:
multiparous
adjectiveˌməlˈtɪpərəsˌməlˈtipərəs
Medicine 1(of a woman) having borne more than one child.
Example sentencesExamples
- Primiparous and multiparous women were analysed separately, as were elective and emergency caesarean sections.
- The caesarean rate for intended home births was 8.3% among primiparous women and 1.6% among multiparous women.
- Not surprisingly, primiparous women had higher cortisol levels than multiparous women, and lactation started earlier among the multiparous women whatever the mode of delivery.
- Only one in four nulliparous women and just over one half of multiparous women with this presentation achieve a spontaneous vaginal delivery.
- High-dose regimens may be used for multiparous women, but no data support the use of high-dose oxytocin regimens for augmentation in a patient with a previously scarred uterus.
- 1.1Zoology Producing more than one young at a birth.
Example sentencesExamples
- The behavior of six multiparous sows per pen, bedded on straw, was recorded.