Named Groups

Multiple Birth Offspring

The offspring in multiple pregnancies (PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE): TWINS; TRIPLETS; QUADRUPLETS; QUINTUPLETS; etc.

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Abstract

The offspring in multiple pregnancies (PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE): TWINS; TRIPLETS; QUADRUPLETS; QUINTUPLETS; etc.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Multiple Birth
  • Multiple Births
  • Birth Offspring, Multiple
  • Birth, Multiple
  • Offspring, Multiple Birth
  • Sextuplets
  • Sextuplet

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, education, genetics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, statistics & numerical data.

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Indexing Annotation

note specifics; human & animal; for animals, consider also LITTER SIZE

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History Note

98; use explode 1975-97

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Previous Indexing

  • Pregnancy, Multiple (1966-1997)
  • specific multiple birth (1966-1997)

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Tree Number

  1. M01w.438w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Multiple Birth Offspring. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009099. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009099
  2. Multiple Birth Offspring. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_birth
  3. Multiple Birth Offspring. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25671