superfetation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus. countable,uncountable
  2. An excessive accumulation; a superfluous addition. countable,uncountable
    — 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..."

词形变化

superfetations plural superfoetation alternative

词汇关系

相关词
superfetate superfetatious

词源

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