See Also: diplopagus(medicine)
Brackett series(dictionary)

Brackett series (iou) and diplopagus (medicine)


Brackett series (iou)



Brackett series noun phr. M20.
[Frederick Sumner Brackett (1896-1972), US physicist.]
A series of lines in the infrared spectrum of atomic hydrogen, between 4.04 and 1.46 micrometres.

diplopagus (medicine)


diplopagus
General term for conjoined twins, each with fairly complete bodies, although one or more internal organs may be in common.

See: conjoined twins.

Origin: diplo-+ G. Pagos, something fixed