Meaning & use
Parous
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Having given birth to one or more offspring; a medical and biological term describing reproductive history.
See it in a sentence
The study compared bone density in parous and nulliparous women.
Veterinarians noted that the parous ewes recovered faster than the first-time mothers.
A note on using this word
Rarely used alone; it more often appears as a combining suffix in terms like 'primiparous' (given birth once) or 'multiparous' (given birth more than once).
Words with an opposite meaning
nulliparous
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