janiceps

janiceps
Conjoined twins having their two heads fused together, with the faces looking in opposite directions. See conjoined twins, under twin. SEE ALSO: craniopagus, syncephalus. [L. Janus, a Roman diety having two faces, + caput, head]
- j. asymmetrus a j. with one very small and imperfectly developed face. SYN: iniops, syncephalus asymmetros.
- j. parasiticus a j. in which one of the twins is a small and incompletely formed parasite attached to the more fully formed autosite.

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jani·ceps 'jan-ə-.seps, 'jān- n a teratological double fetus joined at the thorax and skull and having two equal faces looking in opposite directions

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jan·i·ceps (janґĭ-seps) [L. Janus a two-faced god + caput head] conjoined twins with one head and two opposite faces; called also duplicitas cruciata.

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  • janíceps — Monstruosidad fetal de gemelos unidos, en la que las cabezas están unidas y las caras miran en direcciones opuestas. Diccionario Mosby Medicina, Enfermería y Ciencias de la Salud, Ediciones Hancourt, S.A. 1999 …   Diccionario médico

  • janiceps — (ja ni sèps ) s. m. Terme de tératologie. Nom de monstres qui, ayant deux corps intimement unis au dessus de l ombilic commun, ont une double tète à deux faces directement opposées. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Lat. Janus, Janus, divinité à deux faces, et ceps… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • janiceps — n. Siamese twins whose heads are attached together in the back with their faces looking in opposite directions …   English contemporary dictionary

  • janiceps — jani·ceps …   English syllables

  • janiceps — ˈjanəˌseps ˈjān noun ( es) Etymology: New Latin, from Latin Janus, a two faced Roman god + ceps headed, from caput head more at january, head : a double fetal monster joined at thorax and skull and having two equal faces looking in opposite… …   Useful english dictionary

  • janiceps asymmetros — conjoined twins with one imperfect and one more complete face …   Medical dictionary

  • janiceps parasiticus — conjoined twins in which there is partial duplication of the head in the frontal plane …   Medical dictionary

  • duplicitas cruciata — janiceps …   Medical dictionary

  • Macgowania —   Macgowania Rango temporal: Triásico superior …   Wikipedia Español

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