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Descriptor
English
:
Twins
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Gemelos
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Gêmeos
Tree Number:
G08.686.710.847
G08.686.785.760.769.525.847
M01.438.873
Definition
English
:
Two individuals derived from two FETUSES that were fertilized at or about the same
time
, developed in the
UTERUS
simultaneously, and born to the same mother.
Twins
are either monozygotic (
TWINS
, MONOZYGOTIC) or dizygotic (
TWINS
, DIZYGOTIC).
Indexing Annotation
English
:
IM
humans
only; if pertinent, NIM for
animals
not usually giving birth to
twins
; relation to
PREGNANCY
: Manual 28.16.4, 34.14; TWINNING, MONOZYGOTIC is also available
See Related
English
:
Diseases in Twins
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
DE
drug effects
ES
ethics
EH
ethnology
GE
genetics
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
PH
physiology
PX
psychology
RE
radiation effects
UR
urine
Record Number:
14826
Unique Identifier:
D014427
Occurrence in VHL
:
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