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English
Etymology
From quadri- + -parous.
Adjective
quadriparous (not comparable)
- Having given birth to four offspring.
- 2004, F. Behnamfar et al., "Diagnostic Value of Endometrial Sampling with Pipelle Suction Curettage for Identifying Endometrial Lesions in Patients with Abnormal Uterine Bleeding", Journal of Research in Medical Sciences 3:21-23
- Quadriparous patients had more sufficient samples than others. None of the patients were nuliparous.
1993, Sohei Tokunaka et al., “Proportions of fiber types in the external urethral sphincter of young nulliparous and old multiparous rabbits”, in Urological Research:Six young nulliparous (6-month-old) and 6 old multiparous (tri- or quadriparous, 2-year-old) female Japanese white rabbits (body weight 3.0 kg) were killed by […]
- (ornithology) Laying four eggs.