Meaning & use

Multipara

noun·Academic

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A woman who has given birth to two or more children.

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As a multipara, she recovered from labor more quickly than she had with her first child.

The clinic tracks outcomes separately for first-time mothers and multiparas.

A note on using this word

Used mainly in obstetric and medical contexts; a woman giving birth for the first time is called a "primipara".

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