superfetation
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/suːpəfəˈteɪʃən/
Definition of superfetation
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)The formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)The formation of a fetus while another fetus is already present in the uterus.
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(countable, uncountable)An excessive accumulation; a superfluous addition.
“1992, Geoffrey Wall, translator of Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary These gentlemen were greatly astonished at Bovary's romantic ideas, and the pharmacist hurried in to say to him: "This velvet looks to me rather a superfetation. Besides, the expense..."”
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Etymology
From Latin superfetare (“conceive while pregnant”), from super- + fetus.
Words you can make from superfetation
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3 words10-letter words
9 words9-letter words
65 words- PANFORTES 14 pts
- PERFUSATE 14 pts
- PERFUSION 14 pts
- PINAFORES 14 pts
- PUTREFIES 14 pts
- REEFPOINT 14 pts
- STUPEFIER 14 pts
- SUPERFINE 14 pts
- TORPEFIES 14 pts
- FATTENERS 12 pts
- FESTINATE 12 pts
- FETATIONS 12 pts
- FETERITAS 12 pts
- FIRESTONE 12 pts
- FORETASTE 12 pts
- FORTUNATE 12 pts
- FOURTEENS 12 pts
- INTERFUSE 12 pts
- NEFARIOUS 12 pts
- REOUTFITS 12 pts
- UNFAIREST 12 pts
- UNFETTERS 12 pts
- APERIENTS 11 pts
- ATROPINES 11 pts
- ENTREPOTS 11 pts
- ENTROPIES 11 pts
- EPISTERNA 11 pts
- ERUPTIONS 11 pts
- INPUTTERS 11 pts
- INTERPOSE 11 pts
- OPERETTAS 11 pts
- OUTPAINTS 11 pts
- OUTPREENS 11 pts
- OUTSPRINT 11 pts
- PATENTORS 11 pts
- PATIENTER 11 pts
- PATRONISE 11 pts
- PERIOSTEA 11 pts
- PERITONEA 11 pts
- PERSONATE 11 pts
- PINSETTER 11 pts
- PIROUETTE 11 pts
- PISTAREEN 11 pts
- POETASTER 11 pts
- POTTERIES 11 pts
- PREATTUNE 11 pts
- PREUNITES 11 pts
- PRINTOUTS 11 pts
- PROTISTAN 11 pts
- PROUSTITE 11 pts
- RAINSPOUT 11 pts
- SEPTATION 11 pts
- SPARTEINE 11 pts
- SUPERNATE 11 pts
- SUPINATOR 11 pts
- TRAPUNTOS 11 pts
- TRIPTANES 11 pts
- AUSTENITE 9 pts
- ESTUARINE 9 pts
- ORIENTATE 9 pts
- REINSTATE 9 pts
- RESITUATE 9 pts
- RESTATION 9 pts
- STATIONER 9 pts
- TENORITES 9 pts
8-letter words
122 words- FIREPANS 13 pts
- FIREPOTS 13 pts
- FOREPAST 13 pts
- FORSPENT 13 pts
- FROSTNIP 13 pts
- PANFORTE 13 pts
- PANFRIES 13 pts
- PIEFORTS 13 pts
- PINAFORE 13 pts
- POSTFIRE 13 pts
- PROFANES 13 pts
- FAINTERS 11 pts
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- FAITOURS 11 pts
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- FASTENER 11 pts
- FATTENER 11 pts
- FEATURES 11 pts
- FENESTRA 11 pts
- FERNIEST 11 pts
- FETATION 11 pts
- FETERITA 11 pts
- FISTNOTE 11 pts
- FORTUNES 11 pts
- FOUETTES 11 pts
- FOURTEEN 11 pts
- FOUSTIER 11 pts
- FRISETTE 11 pts
- FRONTEST 11 pts
- FURANOSE 11 pts
- INFESTER 11 pts
- OFTENEST 11 pts
- OUTFEAST 11 pts
- OUTFIRES 11 pts
- APERIENT 10 pts
- APTEROUS 10 pts
- ATROPINE 10 pts
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- AUTOPENS 10 pts
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- ERUPTION 10 pts
- EUPNOEAS 10 pts
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- INPUTTER 10 pts
- ISOPRENE 10 pts
- NAPERIES 10 pts
- NEPOTIST 10 pts
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- OPERETTA 10 pts
- OPUNTIAS 10 pts
- OUTPAINT 10 pts
- OUTPREEN 10 pts
- OUTSPENT 10 pts
- OUTSTRIP 10 pts
- PAINTERS 10 pts
- PANTRIES 10 pts
- PANTSUIT 10 pts
- PARIETES 10 pts
- PARTIEST 10 pts
- PATENTOR 10 pts
- PATIENTS 10 pts
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- PEREIONS 10 pts
- PERSONAE 10 pts
- PERTAINS 10 pts
- PETUNIAS 10 pts
- PETUNTSE 10 pts
- PINASTER 10 pts
- PIONEERS 10 pts
- POETISER 10 pts
- POETRIES 10 pts
- POINTERS 10 pts
- PORNIEST 10 pts
- PORTENTS 10 pts
- POSTTEEN 10 pts
- POTTEENS 10 pts
- POUTIEST 10 pts
- POUTINES 10 pts
- PRETASTE 10 pts
- PRETTIES 10 pts
- PREUNITE 10 pts
- PRINTOUT 10 pts
- PRISTANE 10 pts
- PROETTES 10 pts
- PRONATES 10 pts
- PROSTATE 10 pts
- PROTEANS 10 pts
- PROTEASE 10 pts
- PROTEINS 10 pts
- PRUINOSE 10 pts
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- PURITANS 10 pts
- PURTIEST 10 pts
- ANISETTE 8 pts
- ANTIRUST 8 pts
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- ARIETTES 8 pts
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- ESURIENT 8 pts
- INSETTER 8 pts
- INTEREST 8 pts
- INTREATS 8 pts
- ITERATES 8 pts
- NATURIST 8 pts
- NITRATES 8 pts
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- NOTARIES 8 pts
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- ONERIEST 8 pts
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- OUTEATEN 8 pts
- OUTRAISE 8 pts
- OUTRATES 8 pts
- OUTSTARE 8 pts
- OUTSTEER 8 pts
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