octuplets
Eight born together
Octuplets are eight offspring born from a single pregnancy.
The term follows the pattern of twins, triplets, and quadruplets.
Such births are extremely rare and almost always result from fertility treatments.
The octuplets were delivered by cesarean section at 31 weeks.
Fellow offspring
- broodHatchlings as a group
- householdDomestic unit of residents
- nurseryRoom for infants
- birth orderSequence among siblings
matching outfits · large family · multiple births · identical · fraternal · septuplets · sextuplets
Quantities divisible evenly
- in vitroIn an artificial environment
- embryosEarliest developmental organisms
- implantationEmbedding into tissue
- assisted reproductionMedical conception methods
ovulation · fertilization · IVF · hormones · infertility · clinic · reproductive · selective reduction
Seldom found or seen
- extraordinaryBeyond what's typical
- unprecedentedNever having occurred before
- miraculousSeemingly impossible yet real
- exceptionalNotably above the norm
phenomenon · record-breaking · odds · statistic · anomaly · unusual · uncommon · newsworthy
Infant waste garments
- feedingsActs of providing nourishment
- cribsInfant sleeping enclosures
- strollersWheeled seats for babies
- car seatsVehicle passenger spots
babysitters · schedules · volunteers · donations · formula · nannies · pediatrician · premature
siblings
Fellow offspring
birth order · matching outfits · large family · multiple births · identical · fraternal · septuplets · sextuplets
multiples
Quantities divisible evenly
- in vitroIn an artificial environment
- embryosEarliest developmental organisms
- implantationEmbedding into tissue
assisted reproduction · ovulation · fertilization · IVF · hormones · infertility · clinic · reproductive · selective reduction · embryo transfer
rare
Seldom found or seen
- extraordinaryBeyond what's typical
- unprecedentedNever having occurred before
- miraculousSeemingly impossible yet real
exceptional · phenomenon · record-breaking · odds · statistic · anomaly · unusual · uncommon · newsworthy · sensation
diapers
Infant waste garments
- feedingsActs of providing nourishment
- cribsInfant sleeping enclosures
- strollersWheeled seats for babies
car seats · babysitters · schedules · volunteers · donations · formula · nannies · pediatrician · premature · NICU
- number wordspair, duo, trio, quartet, quintet
- siblingsbrother, sister, twins, siblings, brothers
- twinstwins, identical, fraternal, monozygotic, dizygotic
- numbered groupspair, trio, quartet, quintet, sextet
- eightsoctopus arms, byte, pieces of eight, eight ball, eight-track
octupletssingleton
Only member present
only child · twins · triplets · quadruplets · quintuplets