結けつ合ごう双そう生せい児じ

noun

conjoined twins

Medical and general term for twins physically connected at birth. The more colloquial term is シャム双生児, though 結合双生児 is preferred in modern medical contexts.

• 結けつ合ごう双そう生せい児じの分ぶん離り手しゅ術じゅつは非ひ常じょうに複ふく雑ざつだ。

  Separation surgery for conjoined twins is extremely complex.

• その病びょう院いんは結けつ合ごう双そう生せい児じの治ち療りょうで有ゆう名めいだ。

  That hospital is famous for treating conjoined twins.