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CRYPTODIDYMUS

\kɹˈɪptədˌɪdɪməs], \kɹˈɪptədˌɪdɪməs], \k_ɹ_ˈɪ_p_t_ə_d_ˌɪ_d_ɪ_m_ə_s]\

Definitions of CRYPTODIDYMUS

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A double monster, one fetus being parasitic and concealed within the other.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

A fetus within a fetus.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

Foetusin foetu. A monstrosity, in which one foetus is found contained in another.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

The enclosure of one fetus within another.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A monstrosity in which one fetus is included within the other. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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