multiparous adjective. [mʌl'tɪp(ǝ)rǝs] M17.
[from mod. Latin multiparus, formed as MULTI- + -PAROUS: see -OUS.]
1. Zoology. Pertaining to or characterized by giving birth to more than one young at a single birth. M17.

2. Medicine & Zoology. Of, pertaining to, or designating a female who is a multipara. M19.

3. Botany. Of a cyme: that has many axes. L19.

■ multi'parity noun the condition of being multiparous L19.

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