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gemelli

English translation: multiple

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Italian term or phrase:gemello
English translation:multiple
Entered by: philgoddard

13:00 May 18, 2012
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / multiple births
Italian term or phrase: gemelli
Italian has the term "gemelli" which can refer to any number of multiple births, but the English term "twins" only refers to the birth of TWO babies.
Can anyone help me find the general term for multiple births (i.e. gemelli) used in English that can refer to any number of babies?

I am proofreading an article which has been written directly in English by an Italian author and the term "twins" has been used, which I don't think is correct.
An example sentence is:
The Birth weight is significantly lower in twins than in singletons, depending on the number of twins, and this gap appears during the last trimester of gestation, when uterine crowding becomes evident.
AND
The mean gestational age is at least 2 weeks lower in twins, 4 weeks lower in triplets and this gap grows as the number of twins increases.

I can use the term "multiple birth", but I wondered if there was another term used in English to refer to any number of "twins".

Thanks in advance for all your help.
Frances Leggett
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:15
multiple
Explanation:
"The general term for one offspring of a multiple birth is multiple."

You could also say offspring if you need to avoid repetition.
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philgoddard
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4 +4multiple
philgoddard
4supertwins
bluedahlia
4Multiple-birth babies
Giulia Gigliotti
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(higher order) multiples
jacki-dart

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supertwins


Explanation:
A term referring to higher order multiple birth, when a single pregnancy produces three or more offspring.

http://multiples.about.com/od/glossary/g/supertwins_definiti...

bluedahlia
Italy
Local time: 08:15
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Native speaker of: Italian
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neutral  philgoddard: This doesn't work because we're looking for a word that means twins OR triplets, quadruplets etc.
9 mins
  -> You're right Phil. I misunderstood the question...
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gemello
multiple


Explanation:
"The general term for one offspring of a multiple birth is multiple."

You could also say offspring if you need to avoid repetition.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin
philgoddard
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agree  jacki-dart: also used in the plural: multiples
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agree  dandamesh: multiples wiki the general term for one offspring of a multiple birth is multiple/sorry, mine was a repetition
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agree  bluedahlia
23 mins
agree  ANNIE BATTEN: Or you could use multiple foetuses (before birth) perhaps?
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Multiple-birth babies


Explanation:
I would use 'multiple-birth babies' as you can then specify the number of babies involved (twins, triplets, etc.). Hope this helps.
https://www.google.co.uk/search?rlz=1C1GGLS_en-GBGB368GB368&...

Giulia Gigliotti
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Reference comments


21 mins
Reference: (higher order) multiples

Reference information:
Twins, triplets, and other multiples | womenshealth.gov
womenshealth.gov/pregnancy/you-are-pregnant/twins-multiples.cfmJump to Pregnancy with multiples‎: Now, thanks to advances in prenatal care, most women learn about a multiple pregnancy early.

National Organization of Mothers of Twins Clubs, Inc - Preparing for ...
www.nomotc.org/index.php?option=com_content&task...Higher order multiples can not only suffer from prematurity, but they generally have a low birth weight as well. In fact, 58.2% of all multiple birth children were

jacki-dart
Italy
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