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Definition of Ectopic
1. Adjective. Exhibiting ectopia.
Definition of Ectopic
1. a. Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ.
Definition of Ectopic
1. Adjective. Relating to ectopia. ¹
2. Adjective. (comparable medicine) Being out of place, having an abnormal position. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ectopic
1. ectopia [adj] - See also: ectopia
Medical Definition of Ectopic
1. Pertaining to or characterised by ectopia. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ectopic
Literary usage of Ectopic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"While the great majority of cases are due to ectopic gestation, the condition
may be associated with uterine pregnancy and atresia of the genital canal ..."
2. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1912)
"It has been taught that terminated ectopic pregnancy parallels the condition
described. Four years ago, when I was preparing my first report of cases in ..."
3. The Heart Rhythms by Paul Dudley Lamson (1921)
"Considerable emphasis is laid on this pause in polygraphic curves as it gives a
method of distinguishing auricular from ventricular ectopic beats. ..."
4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1889)
"LAWSON TAIT'S success in the surgical treatment of ectopic pregnancy has been so
great that his views upon its pathology must necessarily carry great weight ..."
5. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"ectopic Beats, Extrasystoles Cardiac contractions that originate at some point
other than the sinus node are spoken of as ectopic beats. ..."
6. A Text-book on the practice of gynecology by William Easterly Ashton (1916)
"By the term "ectopic" or "extrauterine" gestation is meant a pregnancy that ...
It is therefore obviously incorrect to speak of an ectopic pregnancy as ..."
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