Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A double monster united by fusion of the ischia.
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- noun medicine One of a pair of
conjoined twins who are united at thepelvis .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In this type of conjoined twin, the ischiopagus twins, the pelvises are joined and they may have other organs -- usually the bladders are joined and a female, the vagina are joined -- and then the intestines generally join at the large intestine.
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So technically Lakshmi is an ischiopagus conjoined twin.
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Lakshmi is actually an ischiopagus conjoined twin, which means she has two bodies fused together at the pelvis extending in a straight line with one head and eight limbs.
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According to Bateman, * [191] and also Rueff, in the year 1552 there were born, not far from Oxford, female twins, who, from the description given, were doubtless of the ischiopagus type.
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According to Bateman, and also Rueff, in the year 1552 there were born, not far from Oxford, female twins, who, from the description given, were doubtless of the ischiopagus type.
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