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quadripara

quadripara noun: a female who has borne four offspring.

Noun

quadripara (plural quadriparas)

  1. A female who has borne four offspring.
    • Just the other day I prevented a cesarean section on a woman, quadripara, with three living children, the first of which alone was at all difficult; the indication placed by the physician was that he "didn't want to tear her perineum."1916, American Medical Association, Transactions, page 260
    • Holdsworth reports one case of a quadripara of 37 in labor. To hasten labor a Champetier de Ribes dilating bag was inserted but failed to have the desired effect.1918 Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation, "Surgery, gynecology & obstetrics", page 76

Forms of quadripara

pluralquadriparas

Questions about quadripara

What does quadripara mean?
Quadripara means a female who has borne four offspring.
What part of speech is quadripara?
Quadripara is a noun.
What is the plural of quadripara?
The plural of quadripara is quadriparas.

Words near quadripara in the dictionary

  1. quadrinucleated
  2. quadrinucleates
  3. quadrinvariant
  4. quadrinvariants
  5. quadrioxalate
  6. quadripara
  7. quadriparas
  8. quadriparental
  9. quadripareses
  10. quadriparesia
  11. quadriparesis

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