单词 | pygopagus |
释义 | > as lemmaspygopagus pygopagus n. Brit. /pʌɪˈɡɒpəɡəs/ , U.S. /paɪˈɡɑpəɡəs/ [ < pygo- comb. form + -pagus comb. form, after French pygopage (see pygopage n.); compare earlier pygopage n.] Medicine a pair of conjoined twins united in the region of the buttocks (usually at the sacrum and coccyx); either of a pair of such twins.ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > deformity > [noun] > congenital union > Siamese twins Siamese twins1829 pygopage1844 xiphopagus1844 xiphodyme1861 pygopagus1866 thoracopagus1894 1866 Trans. Med. Soc. N.Y. 224 in Docs. Assembly State N.Y. (89th Session, Doc. No. 133) The symmetrical pygopagus is exceedingly rare. 1903 J. W. Williams Obstetr. xxxix. 680 Ischiopagi and pygopagi, as a rule, call for complicated and difficult manœuvres before delivery can be effected. 1997 Amer. Jrnl. Perinatol. 14 25 Three pairs of female conjoined twins—a xiphoomphalopagus, a pygopagus, and a thoracopagus—were encountered during the past 10 years. 2004 Child's Nerv. Syst. 20 640 A pair of pygopagi had back-to-back fusion of the conus. < as lemmas |
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