Parity
6 lettersnounmoderateUpdated June 2026
Definition
In obstetrics, the total number of live births a woman has delivered.
“The midwife recorded the patient's parity as two, having noted both previous successful deliveries.”
Pronunciation
Syllables
par·i·ty
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Antonyms
disparityinequality
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Ends in ITY, a common suffix, contains both A and I as its two vowels
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Worth 11 points, the Y ending is versatile and ITY allows easy extension with prefixes
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