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parabiosis
1) Fusion of embryos as occurs in conjoined twins.
2) Surgical joining of the vasculature of two organisms.
Notes:
- parabiosis of an older animal with a younger one may diminish age-associated changes in skeletal muscle, but does not increase maximum life span
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surgery
References
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995
- Weindruch R and Walford RL
The retardation of aging and disease by dietary restriction.
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