UNEQUAL TWIN'S
\ʌnˈiːkwə͡l twˈɪnz], \ʌnˈiːkwəl twˈɪnz], \ʌ_n_ˈiː_k_w_əl t_w_ˈɪ_n_z]\
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Syn. : gemini inequales. T's of the same sex inclosed within a single chorion, one of them showing more or less grave developmental defects, and communicating with the other by means of the vessels of the umbilical cord in the neighborhood of the placenta. [Old Eng.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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