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multigravida Obstetrics.|mʌltɪˈgrævɪdə|
Pl. -idas, -idæ.
[f. multi- after primigravida.]
A pregnant woman who has had at least one previous pregnancy (or at least two) (formerly less specific: see quots. 1890, 1900).
1890Billings Med. Dict. II. 175/1 Multigravida, a woman who has been pregnant more than once. 1900Dorland Med. Dict. 399/2 Multigravida, a woman who has often been pregnant. 1938A. L. Mudaliar Clin. Obstetr. ii. v. 30 Marked changes take place in the breasts consequent upon pregnancy, and such changes are more obvious in primigravidæ than in multigravidæ. 1943W. Shaw Textbk. Midwifery viii. 146 In normal cases the average duration of the first stage of labour in a primigravida is between twelve and fifteen hours, whereas in a multigravida the duration is usually very much shorter. 1958Observer 3 Aug. 10/5 Nice young upper-middle-class multigravida harassed by children. 1959Amer. Jrnl. Obstetr. & Gynecol. LXXVII. 104 In multigravidas there is practically no distress caused by difficult labor or head pressure in the second stage (although both are seen where the previous pregnancies have been only abortions). 1972E. C. Hughes Obstetr.-Gynecol. Terminol. 331 A multigravida is a woman who is pregnant and who has been pregnant more than one time. |