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lithopaedion

lithopaedion is the alternative form of lithopedion.

Meaning of lithopedion

Noun

lithopedion (plural lithopedions or lithopedia)

  1. A calcium-encased foetus that occurs in ectopic abdominal pregnancies when the foetus dies and is not reabsorbed by the maternal body, whereby the maternal system encases the foreign body (foetus) in calcium to isolate it.
    Synonyms:
    stone baby

Forms of lithopaedion

plurallithopaedia

Questions about lithopaedion

What is lithopaedion the alternative form of?
Lithopaedion is the alternative form of lithopedion.

Words near lithopaedion in the dictionary

  1. lithontriptist
  2. lithontriptists
  3. lithontriptor
  4. lithontriptors
  5. lithopaedia
  6. lithopaedion
  7. lithopanspermia
  8. lithopanspermic
  9. lithopedia
  10. lithopedian
  11. lithopedion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lithopaedion (page history and authors); lithopedion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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