Medical term:
omphaloangiopagus
omphaloangiopagus
[om″fah-lo-an″je-op´ah-gus]conjoined twin fetuses, one of which derives its blood supply from the umbilicus or placenta of the other.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
om·pha·lo·an·gi·op·a·gus
(om'fă-lō-an'jē-op'ă-gŭs),Unequal conjoined twins in which the parasite derives its blood supply from the placenta of the autosite. See: conjoined twins.
Synonym(s): allantoidoangiopagus
[omphalo- + G. angeion, vessel, + pagos, something fixed]
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