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Conjoined twins

Gêmeos siameses

Category

Definition

A condition characterised as twins that are physically united at some part or parts of their bodies at the time of birth.

Index Terms

Conjoined twinssiamese twintwin fusionThoracopagusthorax-joined twinsSynthoraxSternopagusXiphopagusOmphalopagusPygopagusbuttock-joined twinsIschiopagusischiopagus twinsRachipagusCraniopagushead-joined twinsSynencephalysynencephalusCephalopagussyncephalusDicephalusDicephalyconjoined twins with two headscranial duplicationcraniodidymusDipygusParapagusCephalothoracopagusjanicepsjanusThoracoomphalopagusParasitic twin