ectopic

[ ek-top-ik ]

/ ɛkˈtɒp ɪk /

occurring in an abnormal position or place; displaced.

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

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Is laparotomy licit when performed for extrauterine pregnancy or ectopic gestation?
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
Extra-uterine pregnancy is also called ectopic pregnancy, or ectopic gestation.
Woman|William J. Robinson
When the ectopic ovum begins to develop in the Fallopian tube the placental villi erode the tubal wall and the blood-vessels.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation|Austin O'Malley
In that spirit we may now consider the cases that occur in ectopic gestation.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley

A case of ectopic gestation is diagnosed, the conditions are explained to the woman, and she refuses to be operated upon.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley

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).

[ 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.

[ 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.