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02-27-2013, 05:26 AM
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Parasitic Twins
A parasitic twin (also known as an asymmetrical or unequal conjoined twin) is the result of the processes that produce vanishing twins and conjoined twins, and may represent a continuum between the two. Parasitic twins occur when a twin embryo begins developing in utero, but the pair does not fully separate, and one embryo maintains dominant development at the expense of the other. Unlike conjoined twins, one ceases development during gestation and is vestigial to a mostly fully formed, otherwise healthy individual twin. The undeveloped twin is defined as parasitic, rather than conjoined, because it is incompletely formed or wholly dependent on the body functions of the complete fetus. The independent twin is called the autosite.
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02-27-2013, 06:12 PM
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Re: Parasitic Twins
the one where the Mama is holding her daughter and she has a fully formed head attached to her head was on TLC and in the Documentary they cut the head off of her, the little head sucked, made faces and cried with no noise. It was kinda sad but she was draining her sisters energy so it was needed. They even had a funeral for her.  |
