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Descriptor English: Superfetation
Descriptor Spanish: Superfetación
Descriptor superfetación
Scope note: FECUNDACIÓN de un HUEVO que tiene lugar cuando ya hay un FETO en el ÚTERO. La superfetación da lugar a un EMBARAZO inusual con fetos de edades y tamaños diferentes que se desarrollan simultáneamente en el útero.
Descriptor Portuguese: Superfetação
Descriptor French: Superfoetation
Entry term(s): Superfetations
Tree number(s): G08.686.784.769.545.608
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013476
Scope note: The FERTILIZATION of an OVUM that takes place when a FETUS is already present in the UTERUS. Superfetation results in an unusual PREGNANCY with fetuses of different ages and sizes developing in utero simultaneously.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
DeCS ID: 13864
Unique ID: D013476
NLM Classification: WQ 235
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Superfetation - Preferred
Concept UI M0020819
Scope note The FERTILIZATION of an OVUM that takes place when a FETUS is already present in the UTERUS. Superfetation results in an unusual PREGNANCY with fetuses of different ages and sizes developing in utero simultaneously.
Preferred term Superfetation
Entry term(s) Superfetations



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