twin-twin transfusion syndrome
Medical Definition
Passage of blood from one fetus to another via an arteriovenous communication or other shunt, in a monozygotic twin pregnancy. it results in anemia in one twin and polycythemia in the other. (lee et al., wintrobe's clinical hematology, 9th ed, p737-8)
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