2007-02-17 11:53:28 · 7 answers · asked by janine c 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
Same thing. "Siamese twins" is just an old name that has fallen out of use because it's inaccurate and some people find it offensive. "Conjoined twins" is the proper term.
2007-02-17 11:56:28 · answer #1 · answered by ChshreCat 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
A long time ago when 'freak shows' were popular there was a very famouse set of conjoined twins, they were in fact, from Siam. Thus the term Siamese twins.
2007-02-17 12:15:43 · answer #2 · answered by CatKern 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no difference Siamese twins is just another a slang expression, conjoined is the medical phrase. Siamese is Lehman's term.
2007-02-17 11:58:26 · answer #3 · answered by pixie1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
same twins seem precisely alike and have a similar DNA. Fraternal twins might seem comparable yet do no longer might desire to. additionally fraternal twins ought to be one boy and one woman. Siamese twins are twins that pop out linked to a minimum of one yet another. i've got self belief the egg splits into 2 and that's how a fraternal twin is made. in any different case same twins would be in a similar egg.
2016-10-02 07:48:26 · answer #4 · answered by mcfaul 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True Siamese twins are from Siam
2007-02-17 12:01:33 · answer #5 · answered by chesster415 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Political Correctness. That is the only difference. The two mean the exact same thing.
2007-02-17 12:26:31 · answer #6 · answered by autumnofserenity@sbcglobal.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no difference. It's the same thing.
2007-02-17 12:07:55 · answer #7 · answered by Melissa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋