multiparientadj.n.
/ˌmʌltɪˈparɪənt/, U.S. /ˌməltiˈpɛriənt/, /ˌməltəˈpɛriənt/, /ˌməltaɪˈpɛriənt/ Obstetrics and Zoology. Now rare.
Producing several offspring per pregnancy (as the normal or typical case); = polytocous adj. 2. Also as n.: a multiparient female.Contrasted with uniparient adj. Cf. also multiparous adj. 1.
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multiparous1646
multiparient1788
brooded1857
pluriparous1866
polytocous1924
1788 T. Denman Introd. Pract. Midwifery II. 432 All animals may be divided into two classes, uniparient and multiparient.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. IV. 233 While some women produce thus rapidly in single succession, there are others that are multiparient.
1865 J. N. Casanova Physiol. & Med. Jurispr. iv. 57 Those multiplied acts of copulation with different individuals will not in the least interfere with successive conception in multiparients.
1902 F. Hollick Origin of Life (new ed.) 349 With regard to multiparient animals, whose uteri are cornuated, it is a well-known fact that more than one connection may be fruitful if they follow each other within a short time.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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