Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Oxen of the Sun/390


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foetus in foetu     (Latin) foetus in a foetus, a medical term describing a foetus growing inside the body of another foetus, either from an unsuccessful twin pregnancy, or as a tumor-like growth.[1]

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  1. Gifford (1988) 430 translates the term as fetus at birth, which is incorrect.
Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses
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