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As Conjugal Visits Fade, a Lifeline to Inmates' Spouses Is Lost

By KIM SEVERSON

Mississippi, one of only a few states to allow conjugal visits, is putting an end to the hour that inmates and their spouses can spend alone together.

In the early 1900s Mississippi's prisons allowed private female visitors, but only for African-American convicts. This was in the racist belief that it would calm their supposedly fiery passions. Thinking about conjugal visits has moved on a bit. Some researchers, prisons and inmates say they help rehabilitation. But in America and Britain policymakers look on them with distaste http://econ.st/180PbPL



 詩中缺乏愛情詩,中國有寫夫婦之愛in conjugal love的詩甚多。

Doctors separate conjoined twins

來自 BBC News - UK

Sudanese twins who were born joined at the head have been successfully separated by British doctors at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital.

conjoin[con・join]

• 発音記号[kəndʒɔ'in]

[動](他)(自)((形式))結合［連接, 連合, 合同］させる［する］.

con・join・er

[名]結合［合同］する人［物］.

conjoin

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Pronunciation: /kənˈdʒɔɪn /

Definition of conjoin in English:

VERB

[WITH OBJECT] formal

Join; combine:an approach which conjoins theory and method

Origin

late Middle English: from Old French conjoindre, fromLatin conjungere, from con- 'together' + jungere 'to join'.

conjoined twins

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Definition of conjoined twins in English:

PLURAL NOUN

Twins that are physically joined at birth, sometimessharing organs, and in some cases separable bysurgery (depending on the degree of fusion).

Usage

The term conjoined twins has supplanted Siamese twins in all contexts other than informal conversation.

conjugal

(kŏn'jə-gəl)
adj.
Of or relating to marriage or the relationship of spouses.

[Latin coniugālis, from coniūnx, coniug-, spouse, from coniungere, to join in marriage. See conjoin.]

conjugality con'ju·gal'i·ty (-găl'ĭ-tē) n.
conjugally con'ju·gal·ly adv.