"tertiparous" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Latin tertiparus. By surface analysis, from Terti- as in tertiary, Latin tertiō (“to do for the third time”) + -parous. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|tertiparus}} Latin tertiparus, {{surface analysis}} By surface analysis, {{cog|la|tertiō||to do for the third time}} Latin tertiō (“to do for the third time”), {{suffix|en||parous}} + -parous Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} tertiparous (not comparable)
  1. Pregnant for the third time. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tertiparous-en-adj-HOTaNNuy
  2. Having given birth three times. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-tertiparous-en-adj-Xh5Espo1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -parous, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -parous: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 99 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: primiparous, secondiparous
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        "Having given birth three times."
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      ],
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