tubal pregnancy

[ (tooh-buhl, tyooh-buhl) ]

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A pregnancy that begins with implantation of the embryo in one of the fallopian tubes instead of in the uterus. Tubal pregnancy is usually caused by a defect in the tube that prevents the fertilized ovum from moving freely through it.

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Words nearby tubal pregnancy

tub, tuba, tubal, Tubal-cain, tubal ligation, tubal pregnancy, tubate, tubby, tub chair, tube, tube cell

How to use tubal pregnancy in a sentence

There are 17 states with laws that consider drug abuse during pregnancy a form of child abuse.
States Slap Pregnant Women With Harsher Jail Sentences|Emily Shire|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
South Carolina and Alabama courts have already ruled late-pregnancy substance abuse can be considered a form of child abuse.
States Slap Pregnant Women With Harsher Jail Sentences|Emily Shire|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
During pregnancy, then, CP could not be considered a separate legal entity from EQ.
Court Says Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Isn’t a Crime|Elizabeth Picciuto|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If they had passed, presumably mothers who drink during pregnancy could be charged with felonies.
Court Says Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Isn’t a Crime|Elizabeth Picciuto|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

These detainments were often justified by laws that do not mention pregnancy specifically.
Court Says Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Isn’t a Crime|Elizabeth Picciuto|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Passive hyperemia occurs most commonly in diseases of the heart and liver and in pregnancy.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
This state of security proved a fortunate circumstance, as many of the poor women were at the same time in a state of pregnancy.
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae|Edward Jenner
Usually we may say this method fails of its purpose and pregnancy and lactation together work serious harm.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
Lactation is sometimes prolonged for no better reason than the hope to avoid pregnancy.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine|Austin Malley
To carry their outrage to the highest possible degree, several who were in a state of pregnancy were assailed in this manner.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe