definitions

-pagus

a combining form used in the names of severely malformed, usually nonviable, conjoined twins, with the site of attachment specified by the initial element: thoracopagus.

Nearby words

-ote, -otic, -our, -ous, -oyl, -pagus, -para, -parous, -pated, -path, -pathia

Origin of -pagus

< New Latin < Greek págos fixation, something fixed or solid
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Medicine definitions for -pagus

-pagus

suff.

Conjoined twins:ectopagus.
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