Fetofetal
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Relating to, or communicating between two fetuses, especially twin fetuses; twin-to-twin. not-comparable
"1980, Angelo Ferrara, Anantham Harin, Emergency transfer of the high-risk neonate: a working manual for medical, nursing, and administrative personnel, C.V. Mosby Fetofetal transfusion is a condition in which one twin (recipient) will be hypervolemic, in cardiac failure, and plethoric, while the donor twin will be hypovolemic, shocky, and pale. Chronic fetofetal transfusions can result in a discrepancy of weight of over 10%."
Example
More examples"1980, Angelo Ferrara, Anantham Harin, Emergency transfer of the high-risk neonate: a working manual for medical, nursing, and administrative personnel, C.V. Mosby Fetofetal transfusion is a condition in which one twin (recipient) will be hypervolemic, in cardiac failure, and plethoric, while the donor twin will be hypovolemic, shocky, and pale. Chronic fetofetal transfusions can result in a discrepancy of weight of over 10%."
Etymology
From feto- + fetal.
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