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LD2G category

Conjoined twins

Definition

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

Also indexed as

CephalopagusCephalothoracopagusConjoined twinsCraniopagusDicephalusDicephalyDipygusIschiopagusOmphalopagusParapagusParasitic twinPygopagusRachipagusSternopagusSynencephalySynthoraxThoracoomphalopagusThoracopagusXiphopagusbuttock-joined twinsconjoined twins with two headscranial duplicationcraniodidymushead-joined twinsischiopagus twinsjanicepsjanussiamese twinsyncephalussynencephalusthorax-joined twinstwin fusion

Nearby in Multiple developmental anomalies or syndromes