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lithopedia

lithopedia is the plural 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

Questions about lithopedia

What is lithopedia the plural of?
Lithopedia is the plural of lithopedion.

Words near lithopedia in the dictionary

  1. lithontriptors
  2. lithopaedia
  3. lithopaedion
  4. lithopanspermia
  5. lithopanspermic
  6. lithopedia
  7. lithopedian
  8. lithopedion
  9. lithopedions
  10. lithopelagophil
  11. lithophagine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lithopedia (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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