male twin
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmaleandtwin
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male
adjective
uk/meɪl/us/meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that fertilizes eggs, and does not produce babies or ...
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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 ofmaleandtwinfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Smoking and alcohol consumption in adult male twins, genetic heritability and shared environmental influences.
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Data on cigarette smoking history were missing for five female and three male twins.
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The age factor is obviously a complication here, but we are engaged on a study of healthy adult male twins, which will allow us to test genetic and environmental hypotheses.
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Three follow-up telephone interviews were completed in the females and one followup interview was conducted for the male twins.
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Males, have fewer confidants overall and it is less likely that male twins share the same confidants.
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This investigation was based on data from the first 607 families of male twins that were entered into the study.
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Secondly, we did not assess mania in our first interview of male twins, because of its low prevalence in general population samples.
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The youngest of male twins, born at 35 weeks gestation, was referred to our unit for further assessment.
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The parameters for female twins are shown on the right; those for male twins are shown on the left.
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The present investigation involved male twins born between the years 1972-1978, and female twins born between the years 1975-1979.
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The parameters for the female twins are shown on the right; those for male twins on the left.
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We are also aware that female twins are more frequently in contact as adults than male twins and share more common friends than males.
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Husen (1959) has investigated the accuracy of psychologists' opinions on the zygosity of 50 pairs of blood-tested male twins.
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The town also boasts that it is home to the oldest living male twins in the world.
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