mornin' kids!

granny sees some of the these $2 questions that float through asking
for outrageous amounts of information for this price.  if she could
reach through the screen and smack some of these boneheads for you,
she would.

I prefer to ask $2 questions and reward you researchers further in the
tip area, but granny has established a pattern of behavior.

if I were in your shoes, I'd want to know what the questioner wanted,
clearly and concisely, so this is what a clean transaction might look
like:

EXAMPLE

I'm looking for the correct spelling/meaning of the word in quotes. 
the patient had a monochorionic pregnancy.  the "signants (signets?)"
were delivered at 31 weeks.

I've checked under si/sy and even cy- (but I'm fairly sure she didn't
deliver swans).

I need one (1) authoritative link that provides me with the correct
spelling and definition.  No copying, no pasting of text, no tip ...
just a link for granny to follow.

thanks very much!
GB

Siblings?

nope, sorry, no "b" sound.  hear an "s/c/z," an "n" and a hard "g" and
a "t" but the rest is up for grabs.  "singlets" perhaps??  my
colleagues are stumped as well which is why I brought this puzzle to
you guys as the kings/queens of word/spelling challenges.

If it was monochorionic, it suggests that they were identical twins. 
Single babies are always monochorionic, so it wouldn't have been
mentioned.  Non-identicals are always dichorionic.

If the babies were delivered at 31 weeks, and were monochorionic, it's
possible that this could have been due to twin-twin transfer syndrome
(ttfs).

Dunno if that helps.

JM

Dizygous?

"the signants" = "Dizygous" ?

I'm with juggler on this, except I would suggest "dizygotes," referring to twins.

Any chance the context allows it to be 'segments'?

sorry, thought this question had an easy answer.  I see now that it
doesn't, so I'm going to close it and try for a better example.