JANICEPS

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 22

(Lat.), n. m. Ja2n(ja3n)'i2-se2ps(ke2ps). From Janus, the double-faced god, and caput, the head. Fr., j. Ger., Januskopf. Of I. Geoffrey St.-Hilaire, a double monster with the individuals united above a common umbilicus and facing in opposite directions. [A, 385.] [s. 509]