Medical term:
superfecundation
superfecundation
[soo″per-fe″kun-da´shun]fertilization of two or more ova during the same ovulatory cycle, by separate coital acts.
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superfecundation
(so͞o′pər-fē′kən-dā′shən, -fĕk′ən-)n.
Fertilization of more than one ovum within a single menstrual cycle by separate acts of coitus, especially by different males.
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superfecundation
Obstetrics Fertilization of a 2nd ovum by sperm from a different act of coitus, after a first ovum has been fertilized; SF explains the rare cases in which twins have different fathers–ouch! See Higher multiples, Twin. Cf Superfetation.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
superfecundation
The fertilization of more than one ovum within a single menstrual cycle by separate acts of coitus, so that twins may be born with different fathers.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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