Definition of Eccyesis

1. Noun. Pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus.


Medical Definition of Eccyesis

1. An alternative term for ectopic pregnancy. Origin: G. Ek, out, + kyesis, pregnancy (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Eccyesis

ecco
eccoriate
eccrine
eccrine acrospiroma
eccrine gland
eccrine poroma
eccrine spiradenoma
eccrinology
eccrises
eccritic
eccritics
eccyclema
eccyclemas
eccyclemata
eccyesis (current term)
ecdemic
ecdemite
ecderon
ecdyses
ecdysial
ecdysial gland
ecdysiasts
ecdysiophilia
ecdysiophilias
ecdysis
ecdyson

Literary usage of Eccyesis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The study of medicine by John Mason Good, Samuel Cooper (1829)
"... evincing strength enough to sustain the progressive expulsion, and at length restored to the enjoyment of former health. SPECIES I. eccyesis OVARIA. ..."

2. Principles and practice of obstetrics by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1918)
"By straightening out the uterus the diagnosis may be made certain, but before attempting to do so the presence of an eccyesis must be ..."

3. The British Journal of Homoeopathy edited by John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell (1881)
"... of method in psychological medicine, and of morbid vision. The report of the Bureau of Obstetrics contains articles on eccyesis, improvements in ..."

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