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superfetation
DEFINITIONS OF:
superfetation
1
n
fertilization of a second ovum after a pregnancy has begun; results in two fetuses of different ages in the uterus at the same time
“
superfetation
is normal in some animal species”
Type of:
fecundation
,
fertilisation
,
fertilization
,
impregnation
creation by the physical union of male and female gametes; of sperm and ova in an animal or pollen and ovule in a plant
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