Multipara means:
A) woman who is pregnant for the first time.
B) pregnant woman.
C) woman who delivers her first offspring.
D) woman who had multiple abortions.
E) woman who delivered more than one viable offspring.

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Multipara refers to a woman who has given birth to more than one viable (able to live outside the womb) offspring, so option E is the correct choice. Option A refers to a primigravida, a woman who is pregnant for the first time. Option B refers to any woman who is currently pregnant. Option C refers to a primipara, a woman who has given birth to her first offspring. Option D refers to a woman who has had multiple abortions.

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