superfetation

n. 异期复孕, 重孕 [医] 异期复孕(指卵)

发音

US /suːpəfəˈteɪʃən/

词形变化

superfetations 复数 superfetations

别名

superfoetation

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus.

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  2. 2.

    An excessive accumulation; a superfluous addition.

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    1992, Geoffrey Wall, translator of Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary These gentlemen were greatly astonished at Bovary's romantic ideas, and the pharmacist hurried in to say to him: "This velvet looks to me rather a superfetation. Besides, the expense..."

词汇关系

名词

上位词 4

fertilization fecundation fertilisation impregnation

词源

From Latin superfetare (“conceive while pregnant”), from super- + fetus.

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