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quadriparous en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóresder. Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥- Proto-Italic *kʷetru- Latin quadri-bor. English quadri- English -parous English quadriparous From quadri- + -parous.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having given birth to four offspring.
    • Quadriparous patients had more sufficient samples than others. None of the patients were nuliparous. 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
    • 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 […] 1993, Sohei Tokunaka et al., “Proportions of fiber types in the external urethral sphincter of young nulliparous and old multiparous rabbits”, in Urological Research:
  2. (not-comparable) Laying four eggs.