superfetation

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In this strange case, possibly an example of superfetation, the patient made a good recovery and the first child lived.

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  1. noun Formation or development of a second fetus when one is already present in the uterus, occurring normally in some animal species.

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  1. Formerly also superfœtation; = French superfétation = Spanish superfetacion = Portuguese superfetação = Italian super- fetazione, from Latin as if *superfetatio(n-), from superfetare, superfetate: see superfetate.
 

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/sjupərfəˈteɪʃən/
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