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par·i·ty [ par-i-tee ]
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Reproductive Physiological Phenomena; Reproductive History; Pregnancy
Definitions related to parity:
  • (brthlvn) A measurement of the total number of live-born offspring a female has delivered.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • Condition of a female with respect to her having borne viable offspring.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The number of offspring a female has borne. It is contrasted with GRAVIDITY, which refers to the number of pregnancies, regardless of outcome.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • The number of pregnancies reaching 20 weeks and 0 days of gestation or beyond, regardless of the number of fetuses or outcomes.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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