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tertiparous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ter-ti-parous
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pregnant for the third time.

adj

Having given birth three times.

Etymology

From Latin tertiparus. By surface analysis, from Terti- as in tertiary, Latin tertiō (“to do for the third time”) + -parous.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Frequently Paired Words

primiparous secondiparous

Questions

What does tertiparous mean?
Pregnant for the third time.
Where does tertiparous come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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