polygnathus

polygnathus

 [po-lig´nah-thus, pol″e-nath´us] a fetal malformation in which a parasitic twin is attached to the autosite's jaw.

po·lyg·na·thus

(pō-lig'nă-thus), In the diphthong gn, the g is silent only at the beginning of a word.Unequal conjoined twins in which the parasite is attached to the jaw of the autosite. See: conjoined twins. [poly- + G. gnathos, jaw]

polygnathus

(pō-lĭg′nă-thŭs) [″ + gnathos, jaw] Conjoined twins of unequal size in which the smaller is attached to the jaw of the larger.