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Definition of Superfetation
1. Noun. Fertilization of a second ovum after a pregnancy has begun; results in two fetuses of different ages in the uterus at the same time. "Superfetation is normal in some animal species"
Derivative terms: Superfetate
Definition of Superfetation
1. n. The formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation.
Definition of Superfetation
1. Noun. An excessive accumulation; a superfluous addition. ¹
2. Noun. The formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Superfetation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Superfetation
Literary usage of Superfetation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1916)
"NOTES ON superfetation AND DEFERRED FERTILIZATION AMONG MICE. ... The phenomenon
of superfetation, or the occurrence of a second conception in a mammal ..."
2. International Clinics: A Quarterly of Clinical Lectures by Henry W. Cattell, M. D. Witherspoon (1916)
"superfetation—REPORT OF A CASE BY LEO BLOCK, MD Louisville, Kentucky A RATHER
interesting and to me unique obstetrical case, which recently came under my ..."
3. The British and Foreign Medico-chirurgical Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of (1867)
"... und superfetation. Von BS SCHULTZE. Dazu Tafel 1. Abdruck ad Jen. Zeitschrift,
II. ... and superfetation. By BS SCHULTZE. With a lithographed plate. 5. ..."
4. The Obstetric Catechism: Containing Two Thousand Three Hundred and Forty by Joseph Warrington (1853)
"amnion, chorion, chorion and amnion. Fig. 53. superfetation. What opinions are
entertained by most physiologists respecting ..."
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