conjoined

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adjective

con·​joined kən-ˈjȯind How to pronounce conjoined (audio)
kän-
Synonyms of conjoinednext
: being, coming, or brought together so as to meet, touch, overlap, or unite
conjoined heads on a coin

conjoined

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past tense and past participle of conjoin

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While conjoined twins occur once per 50,000 births, per the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, just 2 percent of cases are craniopagus, or joined at the head. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026 Imagery of horses and humanoid figures predominates, many of them fusing and conjoined. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 18 June 2026 Contemporary artists have also nodded to arches in their conjoined address of past and present. — Tyler Green, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026 The Bone Museum in Brooklyn presents skeletal insights using actual skeletons, including showing how corsets severely compress bones, and an examination of the anatomy of conjoined twins. — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for conjoined

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First Known Use

Adjective

1570, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of conjoined was in 1570

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conjoined

adjective
con·​joined kən-ˈjȯind, kän- How to pronounce conjoined (audio)
: of, relating to, or being conjoined twins
conjoined twinning
conjoined twin neonates

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