Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A pregnant woman who has had one or more previous pregnancies.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woman who has been pregnant two or more times.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
pregnant woman who has had at least two previouspregnancies
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin : multi-, multi- + gravida, feminine of gravidus, pregnant; see gravid.]
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Examples
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The cervix of a multigravida typically effaces and dilates at the same time.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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The cervix of a multigravida typically effaces and dilates at the same time.
Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn Penny Simkin 2010
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