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Compression (health) and superfetation (iou)


Compression (health)


1. The act of pressing together. As in a compression fracture, nerve compression, or spinal cord compression. 2. To shorten in time. In embryology, there may be compression of development with some stages even omitted.





superfetation (iou)



superfetation noun. E17.
[French superfetation or mod. Latin superfetatio(n-), from superfetare conceive by superfetation, formed as SUPER- + FOETUS: see -ATION.]
A second conception occurring during Pregnancy; the formation of a second foetus in a uterus already pregnant. E17.
b. Botany. In early use, a process supposed to be analogous to superfetation in animals, e.g. the growth of a parasite, an excessive production of ears of corn. In mod. use, the fertilization of the same ovule by two different kinds of pollen. E17.
fig. Additional or superabundant production or occurrence; the growth or accretion of one thing on another; an instance of this; an accretion, an excrescence. E17.