opodidymus

opodidymus

 [o″po-did´ĭ-mus]

conjoined twins with one body, two fused heads, and sense organs partly fused.

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o·po·did·y·mus

(ō'pō-did'i-mŭs),

Conjoined twins with a single body having two heads fused at the back with partially separated facial regions. See: conjoined twins.

[G. ōps, eye, face, + didymos, twin]

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opodidymus

(ō″pō-dĭd′ĭ-mŭs) [″ + didymos, twin]

Congenitally deformed twins in which there is a single body, two fused heads, and partial fusion of the sense organs.

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