multiparous
- adjective
- /ˌmʌl.tɪˈpɛr.əs/
- Specialized
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multipara
- Furthermore, a number of case reports have described pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like syndrome localized to the periumbilical region in obese, multiparous females.
- multiparous females
Examples
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The acquired variant of this entity, pseudoxanthoma elasticum-like syndrome, has been described in many different clinical settings, with periumbilical lesions in multiparous African-American females being the best recognized.
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Multiparous African American females are one of the most commonly affected populations, developing lesions in a periumbilical distribution.
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To explore the neuroendocrine mechanisms that underpin the differences between diverse breeds and differences between vixens of primiparous and multiparous deserves future work.
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A multiparous dog can give birth to a litter of multiple puppies at once.
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The study focused on multiparous women who have successfully given birth to several children.
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Many multiparous rabbits tend to have larger litters than those that have given birth only once.
Synonyms
Producing many young animals or plants
Antonyms
How Many Births
Surface Forms
Morphology
multiparous = parous (opaque) = multi + par + ous
The prefix multi- is transparent, but the base adjective parous is specialized and unlikely to be known by an average learner, so the full meaning is not readily predictable.
Etymology
Multiparous comes from the parts multi- meaning 'many' and -parous meaning 'to give birth', and you can see multi- in the word multiple and the idea of -parous is like parent; so multiparous describes a woman or animal that has had more than one baby or that gives birth to many at once.