The condition of having given birth to an infant or infants, alive or dead; a multiple birth is considered as a single parous experience. [L. pario, to bear]
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1) the state or fact of having borne offspring <diagnosis of \parity or nulliparity>
2) the number of times a female has given birth counting multiple births as one and usu. including stillbirths <gravidity and \parity were highly correlated> compare GRAVIDITY (2)
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n.
a term used to indicate the number of pregnancies a woman has had that have each resulted in the birth of an infant capable of survival. See also grand multiparity.
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par·i·ty (parґĭ-te) [L. parere to bring forth, produce] para; the condition of a woman with respect to her having borne viable offspring. Cf. gravidity.Medical dictionary. 2011.