conjoined twins

twins physically joined in utero
conjoined twins
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Facts

9 properties
Instance of
class of disease, type of twins[4]
Subclass of
diseases in twins, monoamniotic twins
Has characteristic
parabiosis[9]
Has part(s)
dizygotic conjoined twins, monozygotic conjoined twins[6][7]
Health specialty
medical genetics[13]
NCI Thesaurus ID
C98903[10]
Possible treatment
conjoined twins separation surgery[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en conjoined twins en Siamese twins ar التوائم السيامية ar توأمان ملتصقان cs siamská dvojčata da siamesiske tvillinger de Ischiopagus de Doppelfehlbildung de Ischiopagus parasiticus de Siamesische Zwillinge de Siamesischer Zwilling de Parasitärer Zwilling es gemelo siamés es gemelo siames es gemelas siamesas es siameses es siamesas es gemelos unidos fa دوقلوهای مقترن fi Siaminkaksoset
🔖 Identifiers · 44
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85122193
GND ID
4221995-4
OpenAlex ID
C2779391871
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/16739
BabelNet ID
00021872n
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12321700j
Biblissima authority ID
1993 German Grand Prix
Described at URL
www.postkarten-archiv.de
DiseasesDB
34474
EMedicine ID
934680
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
2p0G49
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Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
37574
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/conjoined-twin
Freebase ID
/m/0nqkm
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
parabiosi
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0129521, 0210697
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
3660078
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
siamskie-bliznetsy-559f61
ICD-10 ID
Q89.4
ICD-11 ID (Foundation)
1550169484
ICD-11 ID (MMS)
LD2G
ICD-9 ID
678.1, 759.4
Iconclass notation
42A261
J9U entity ID
987007541357905171
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
conjoined-twins
MeSH descriptor ID
D014428
MeSH tree code
C16.131.085.806
Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities ID
10010688
Museum-digital tag ID
21704
NDL Authority ID
01167465
NL CR AUT ID
ph125521
Namuwiki ID
샴쌍둥이
Quora topic ID
Conjoined-Twins-1
SVKKL authority ID
0426593-siamska-dvojcata
Terminologia Embryologica
E1.0.4.0.2.0.8
Topic's main category
Category:Conjoined twins
UK Parliament thesaurus ID
9338
UMLS CUI
C0041428
WikiKids ID
Siamese_tweeling
YSO ID
21227

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← Medical condition 4
Different from 2
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Has characteristic 1
Health specialty 1
Instance of 1
Named after 1
Named after 1
Subtypes 1
Topic's main category 1
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← FactGrid item ID 1
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Summary

conjoined twins is a class of disease[1]. It is a type of diseases in twins[2] and monoamniotic twins[3].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for conjoined twins include Siamese neural network[14], an artificial neural network[15].

Why It Matters

Entities named for conjoined twins include Siamese neural network[14], an artificial neural network[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 16w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → 1993 German Grand Prix
    "Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q296999, Import ID Biblissima V3 (details)"
  2. 18w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 2p0G49
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
  3. 18w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → class of disease, type of twins
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #39873: P31 = "type of disease""
  4. 22w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SVKKL authority ID → 0426593-siamska-dvojcata
    "Created claim: SVKKL authority ID: 0426593-siamska-dvojcata, batch #259494"
  5. 24w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → class of disease, type of twins
    "Created claim: Instance of: type of twins"
  6. 25w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → class of disease, type of twins
    Has part(s) → dizygotic conjoined twins, monozygotic conjoined twins
    Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017) → 3660078
    Health specialty → medical genetics
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 21227, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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