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Noun: superfetation  `soopurfee'teyshun
  1. Fertilization of a second ovum after a pregnancy has begun; results in two foetuses of different ages in the uterus at the same time
    "superfetation is normal in some animal species"

Derived forms: superfetations

See also: superfetate

Type of: fecundation, fertilisation [Brit], fertilization, impregnation

Encyclopedia: Superfetation

Nearest

superfamily Muroidea
superfamily Muscoidea
superfamily Platyrrhini
superfamily Sphecoidea
superfamily Tineoidea
superfamily Tyrannidae
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superfecta
superfecundation
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superfetation
superficial
superficial epigastric vein
superficial middle cerebral vein
superficial temporal vein
superficiality
superficially
superficies
superfine
superfluity
superfluous