- epicomus
- Unequal conjoined twins in which the smaller parasite is joined to the larger autosite at the top of the head. See conjoined twins, under twin. [epi- + G. kome, hair of the head]
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epic·o·mus (e-pikґo-məs) [epi- + Gr. komē hair] asymmetrical conjoined twins with the parasitic twin joined at the summit of the head of the larger twin.
Medical dictionary. 2011.