Meaning of foetofoetal | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of fetofetal.

alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

Examples

“Anemic foetal circulatory failure from a placental vein rupture, foetal maternal haemorrhage, or foetofoetal transfusion may lead to infarcts and secondary thrombosis.”

“Hyperbilirubinemia is found to occur significantly higher in twins than in singletons. Such high incidence may be due to prematurity, higher haematocrit possibly from foetofoetal transfusion etc.”

“In 4 DG (13 %) a foetofoetal transfusion syndrome occurred. 5 DF (6 %) had some of the serious malformations. 27 DG were completed.”

“For example, there can be a greater discrepancy in the birth weights of MZ twins relative to DZ twins due to the foetofoetal transfusion syndrome, and certain perinatal complications are more likely to occur in MZ than DZ twins.”

“In particular, the foetofoetal transfusion syndrome (which arises when the blood from one identical twin transfuses into the other twin) causes significantly different prenatal environments for monozygotic twins.”

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