n, pl  -ties  1  :  the state or fact of having borne offspring <diagnosis of or nulliparity>   2  :  the number of times a female has given birth counting multiple births as one and usu. including stillbirths <gravidity and were highly correlated>  <the study showed that seropositivity was associated with a greater than 4 and a gravidity greater than 6>  - compare GRAVIDITY2   .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  part  pe·ri·od  por·ta  pu·ri·ty 
 
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