twin birth
Two babies simultaneously
Twin birth is the delivery of two offspring from the same pregnancy.
The term appears in medical and statistical contexts: The twin birth rate has risen with fertility treatments.
It can refer to the event itself or serve as an attributive: twin birth complications, twin birth weight differences.
- identicalExactly the same
- fraternalOf sibling bonds
- doubleTwice the amount
- double troubleTwo problems at once
- duoTwo working together
two for one · delivery · labor and delivery · special delivery · womb · siblings · side by side · matching · newborns · labor · nursery · cribs · ultrasound · pregnancy · due date · baby shower · miracle · two
- twinsidentical, fraternal, monozygotic, dizygotic, zygosity
- childbirthcontractions, labor, pushing, dilation, crowning
- birthstillbirth, cesarean, c-section, birthplace, birthday
- rare phenomenaanomaly, rarity, oddity, phenomenon, aberration