ectopia
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of ectopia
1840–50; < New Latin < Greek éktop ( os ) out of place ( ek- ec- + tópos place) + -ia -ia
Example Sentences
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Carrying out all of the procedures at once, on a patient with ectopia cordis, has never been done in this country before, the team says.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025
Described by experts as "one of a kind", Vanellope had three operations to place her heart back in her chest due to an extremely rare condition called ectopia cordis.
From BBC • Apr. 22, 2025
The condition, ectopia cordis, is extremely rare, with only a few cases per million births, of which most are stillborn.
From BBC • Dec. 23, 2017
The exposed heart was a case of rare ectopia cordis, of which 28 cases have been recorded since 1706.
From Time Magazine Archive
No. 31 was probably a case of ectopia cordis.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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