See Also: hemipagus(medicine)

compaternity (iou) and hemipagus (medicine)


compaternity (iou)



compaternity noun. LME.
[medieval Latin compaternitas, from compater godfather, formed as COM- + pater father: see -ITY.]
The (spiritual) relationship between a child's godfathers (or godparents), or between them and the actual parents.

hemipagus (medicine)


hemipagus


Conjoined twins that are united laterally at the thorax; the zone of union may also involve the neck and jaws.

See: conjoined twins.

Origin: hemi-+ G. Pagos, something fixed