Pluriparae

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A woman who has given birth to multiple children or offspring at different times
2. A female who has experienced childbirth more than once across separate pregnancies
3. An individual characterized by multiple successful pregnancies resulting in live births

Etymology: "Pluriparae" is the plural of "pluripara", a medical term for a woman who has given birth more than once. The word is built from Latin roots: "plures", meaning "more", and "parere", meaning "to bear" or "to give birth", the same verb that gives English words like "parent" and "viviparous." Its pattern of a Latin root plus a feminine-agent ending follows the classical model used for many technical coinages. Because "pluripara" is a modern clinical term, it was not used by Roman writers, who had no need to classify births this way. Its meaning is precise and narrow, distinguishing a woman who has borne children before from a "primipara," one giving birth for the first time.

Synonyms: multiparous women

Antonyms: nulliparae, primiparae