autosite

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Figure 58 represents an epignathus, a peculiar type parasitic monster, in which the parasite is united to the inferior maxillary bone of the autosite.

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  1. In teratology, that twin in an unequal double monster which furnishes nutriment to the other, the latter being called the parasite or parasitic twin.

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  • Figure 58 represents an epignathus, a peculiar type parasitic monster, in which the parasite is united to the inferior maxillary bone of the autosite. —  Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
 

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  1. from Greek αὐτόσιτος, bringing one's own provisions, from αὐτός, self, + σῑτος, food.
 

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