English Explanatory Dictionary

vanishing twin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fetus in a multigestation pregnancy that dies in utero and is then partially or completely reabsorbed by its twin.

Word forms

vanishing twin vanishing twins

Related words

fetus papyraceus
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