Lexic.us

2. Noun. The fusion of two embryos to form conjoined twins ¹

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Definition of Parabiosis

1. [n -BIOSES]

Medical Definition of Parabiosis

1. Surgical linkage of two organisms so that their circulatory systems interconnect. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parabiosis

Literary usage of Parabiosis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"Mayeda calls the first group heterogeneous parabiosis, while to the latter group he applies the name homogeneous parabiosis. In homogeneous parabiosis both ..."

2. A Manual of Physiology: With Practical Exercises by George Neil Stewart (1918)
"parabiosis.—Not only may an organ or a portion of tissue from one individual ... Pairs of animals living in this condition (so- called parabiosis) have been ..."

3. Pathological physiology of internal diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"Evidence in favor of the chemical control exerted upon carbohydrate metabolism by the pancreas is also furnished by the results of parabiosis experiments. ..."

4. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Evidence in favor of the chemical control exerted upon carbohydrate metabolism by the pancreas is also furnished by the results of parabiosis experiments. ..."

5. General Pathology: An Introduction to the Study of Medicine, Being a by Horst Oertel (1921)
"parabiosis of young rats, followed by extirpation of kidneys in one partner, ... So also, active immunization of one partner, living in parabiosis with ..."

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