quadruplet

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The chance of a quadruplet pregnancy in cattle is said to be one in 700,000, with the chance of them all being born alive just one in 11 million.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2024

Not that Fay would have envisioned that as a youngster growing up as a quadruplet in Ireland.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2022

"An example is a quadruplet pregnancy reduced to twins in order to decrease the risk of the pregnancy," Shahine explained to Salon.

From Salon • May 10, 2022

As of April 2001, Cohen reported in the Human Reproduction Update that there had been 16 successful births including 10 singles, a set of twins, and one quadruplet birth using this technique in his laboratory.

From Slate • Feb. 18, 2016

We looked blithely at the road ahead, quadruplet angels.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez