conjoined

[ kuhn-joind ]

adjective

1. joined together, united, or linked.
2. Numismatics. accolated.

Other Words From

• con·join·ed·ly [k, uh, n-, joi, -nid-lee, -, joind, -lee], adverb
• uncon·joined adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of conjoined¹

First recorded in 1560–70; conjoin + -ed ²

Example Sentences

But “Sisters,” a proper freakout starring Margot Kidder, playing conjoined twins, is the first of what we now think of as a De Palma movie: a psychosexual nightmare with madman instincts.

From Los Angeles Times

“On those three most popular Joe Biden items, she’s basically like a conjoined twin. You cannot separate the two.”

From Salon

He also claimed that in 2002 he helped bring conjoined newborns from Guatemala to Los Angeles, where they underwent an incredibly complicated, highly publicized surgery.

From Slate

That line refers to an intensive and risky 22-hour surgery, undertaken in 2002 in Los Angeles, to separate twin girls from Guatemala who were conjoined at the skull.

From Slate

All of those sites note that Garvey’s alleged efforts in assisting the “famous Guatemalan conjoined twins” came as part of his role on the “board of directors” for the neurosurgery department at the University of California, Los Angeles.

From Slate

Related Words

• involved
• married
• merged
• united