Word: nexus
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...nexus of flesh and tissue that joined Chang and Eng together at the waist is not an inherent trait in the Siamese (Chang and Eng, as a matter of fact, were Chinese). Such an anatomical caprice might occur anywhere, in any multiple birth. Fortunately, it rarely does. Most doctors believe that congenitally joined twins are the result of an imperfect splitting of the egg during gestation. The resultant monstrous births may be two complete individuals like Chang and Eng, joined at a single point. Or "they" may be a single individual equipped with an extra (generally useless) arm, leg, head...