xiphopagus

alternative xiphopagous

1. not comparableUnited at the xiphoid process.

   This type of anomaly, along with the xiphopagus type, is especially compatible with survival.

   1986, Harry Hayes, An Anthology of Plastic Surgery, page 183

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   Of particular interest in the Section on Obstetrics is the detailed article touching on the xiphopagus twins Radica and Doodica.

   1903 August 22, The Medical News, volume 83, page 383

   Second, a discordant presentation does not preclude the diagnosis of conjoined twins, particularly in xiphopagus twins.

   1995, L.G. Keith, Multiple Pregnancy: Epidemiology, Gestation, and Perinatal Outcome

   Synonyms: xiphopagic

plural xiphopagi · alternative xiphopagous

1. countableEither of a pair of congenitally joined twins (Siamese twin) united at the xiphoid process.

   In the case of a xiphopagus, there is most commonly only a band-like union in the region of the xiphoid process of the sternum.

   2012, Richard Birnbaum, A Clinical manual of the malformations and congenital diseases of the foetus

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   Xiphopagi are those in which the ensiform processes are united by a cartilaginous bridge. The peritoneum passes for some distance into the connecting structure (the well-known Siamese twins were xiphopagi).

   1885, Ernst Ziegler, A Text-book of Pathological Anatomy and Pathogenesis

   Dr. Chapot-Prevost, who successfully operated upon the only other living xiphopagus, has just published a report of his examination of the new living Chinese twins, Liou-Tang-Sen and Liou-Seng-Sen.

   1901 May 4, “The New Living "Siamese" Twins”, in The Philadelphia Medical Journal, page 832

2. uncountableThe condition of being such a twin.

   They were born in the East Indies, and make the eighth case of xiphopagus reported.

   1893, “A Case of Living Xiphopagus”, in The Medical and Surgical Reporter, volume 68, page 28

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   The common twin types include thoracopagus, xiphopagus or omphalopagus, pygopagus, ischiopagus, and craniopagus.

   2010, Diana Bianchi, Fetology: Diagnosis and Management of the Fetal Patient

   Thoracopagus is the most common type of conjoined twinning and, along with omphalopagus/xiphopagus, represents about 75% of reported cases.

   2011, Bruno Bissonnette, Pediatric Anesthesia: Basic Principles, State of the Art, Future