article_snippet: The condition called Polymelia is a birth defect that results in individuals having more limbs, which are usually shrunken or deformed.
article_snippet: This can sometimes occur when an embryo begins to develop as conjoined twins.
article_snippet: Before one twin stops growing, leaving the remaining developments –
article_snippet: often limbs – of the undeveloped twin attached to the body of the live baby.
article_snippet: The condition is a birth defect known as Polymelia and can sometimes occur when an embryo begins to develop as a conjoined twins .
highlights_snippet: The condition is known as Polymelia, a birth defect affecting limbs .
  