Polycephaly

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title: Polycephaly
text: Polycephaly is the condition of having more than one head. The term is derived from the Greek stems poly meaning "many" and kephalē meaning "head". A polycephalic organism may be thought of as one being with a supernumerary body part, or as two or more beings with a shared body. Two-headed animals and three-headed (tricephalic) animals are the only type of multi-headed creatures seen in the real world, and form by the same process as conjoined twins from monozygotic twin embryos. In humans, ther
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description: Condition of having more than one head
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycephaly
date created: 2006-01-06T11:31:54Z
date modified: 2024-09-03T19:44:04Z
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