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twin pregnancy
A pregnancy in which there are two fetuses or embryos at the same time, resulting from the division of a single egg fertilised by a single sperm. It is also known as gemellar pregnancy or twin gestation.
Grammatical category Noun
Field Anatomy, physiology and embryology
Level of specialization High
Definition source Reproducción Asistida ORG
Gender relationship Yes, woman
Variants
Synonym
gemellar pregnancy
Formal
twin gestation
Formal
Equivalents

Spanish

embarazo gemelar

Valenciano

embaràs gemel·lar
Associated concepts
Type of
multiple pregnancy
Examples
For twin pregnancies, screening performance using traditional methods (triple, quad) has lower sensitivity and specificity than in singleton pregnancies.
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) screening performance appears to be comparable for singleton and twin pregnancies.
Collocations
WITH PREPOSITIONS
abnormalities in | approach to | condition of | patients with a twin pregnancy

WITH ADJECTIVES
dichorionic | monochorionic | diamniotic || spontaneous twin pregnancies