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dicephalus

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dicephalus /di·ceph·a·lus/ (di-sef´ah-lus) a fetus with two heads.
dicephalus,
a fetus with two heads.
dicephalus [di-sef´ah-lus]
a malformed fetus with two heads; called also bicephalus and derodidymus.
dicephalus
a monster with two heads.
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