ectopic

[ek-top-ik]

occurring in an abnormal position or place; displaced.

Origin of ectopic

First recorded in 1870–75; ectop(ia) + -ic

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In that spirit we may now consider the cases that occur in ectopic gestation.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine
Austin Malley
Ectopic gestation is a disease, not a physiological condition.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine
Austin Malley
Extra-uterine pregnancy is also called ectopic pregnancy, or ectopic gestation.
Woman
William J. Robinson
The discussion of the moral questions that arise in cases of ectopic gestation which began in volume ix.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine
Austin Malley
Hence common skill in the difficult diagnosis of ectopic gestation can not be looked for.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine
Austin Malley

Word Origin and History for ectopic

adj.

1873, from ectopia (1847), coined in Modern Latin from Greek ektopos "away from a place," from ek- "out" (see ex-) + topos "place" (see topos).

ectopic in Medicine

[ĕk-tŏp′ĭk]

Out of place, as of an organ not in its proper position, or of a pregnancy occurring elsewhere than in the cavity of the uterus.

Of or relating to a heartbeat that has its origin elsewhere than in the sinoatrial node.

ectopic in Science

[ĕk-tŏp′ĭk]

Out of place, as of an organ not in its proper position, or of a pregnancy occurring elsewhere than in the cavity of the uterus.

Of or relating to a heartbeat that has its origin elsewhere than in the sinoatrial node.