Concept information
Preferred term
Twins
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Note
- human only: for animals use LITTER SIZE; PREGNANCY, TWIN is also available
Scope note
- 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).
In other languages
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Finnish
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gemini
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kaksonen
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kaksoslapset
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kaksoslapsi
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D014427
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