autosite /au·to·site/ (aw´to-sīt) the larger, more normal member of asymmetrical conjoined twin fetuses, to which the parasite is attached.
autosite
au·to·site (ô t -s t )n. The usually larger component of abnormal, unequally conjoined twins that is able to live independently and nourish the other parasitic component. |
autosite
[ô′təsīt]
Etymology: Gk, autos + sitos, food
the larger, more normally formed member of unequal or asymmetric conjoined twins on whom the other smaller fetus depends for various physiologic functions and for nutrition and growth. Compare parasitic fetus. autositic, adj.
autosite
the larger, more normal member of asymmetrical conjoined twin fetuses, to which the other twin (the parasite) is attached.
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