parasitic twin

collocation in English

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parasitic
adjective
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/ˌpær.əˈsɪt.ɪk/us
/ˌper.əˈsɪt̬.ɪk/
Parasitic organisms live on other animals or plants of a different type and feed ...
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twin
noun[C]
uk
/twɪn/us
/twɪn/
either of two children born to the same mother on the ...
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(Definition ofparasiticandtwinfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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She could drag herself around, although impeded by the trailingparasitictwin.
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Theparasitictwinhas no hope for survival and dies and is then surgically separated from its twin.
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By definition, aparasitictwinis joined to another twin in a certain anatomical location or position on the developed twin's body.
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During surgery, the goal is to try to remove theparasitictwin.
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As such, this interpretation assumes a special complication of twinning, one of several grouped under the termparasitictwin.
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However, it is known that the underdeveloped twin is aparasitictwin.
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In some cases, a healthy twin and aparasitictwinare born.
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In craniopagus parasiticus, aparasitictwinhead with an undeveloped body is attached to the head of a developed twin.
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The acephalic fetus is aparasitictwinattached to an otherwise intact fetus.
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Another hypothesis is that there is joining of the somatic and placental vascular system of the twins and also a degeneration of the umbilical cord of theparasitictwin.
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Parasitic twins are known to occur in utero when monozygotic twins start to develop as an embryo, but the embryo fails to completely split.
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Parasitic twins occur when a twin embryo begins developing in utero, but the pair does not fully separate, and one embryo maintains dominant development at the expense of the other.
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