Quadripara

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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.""

  2. 2
    (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies wordnet

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"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.""

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