Definition of Ectopic

1. Adjective. Exhibiting ectopia.

Category relationships: Anatomy, General Anatomy
Partainyms: Ectopia
Derivative terms: 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

ectoparasitism
ectoperitonitis
ectophloic
ectophyte
ectophytes
ectopia cloacae
ectopia cordis
ectopia maculae
ectopia pupillae congenita
ectopia renis
ectopia testis
ectopias
ectopic ACTH syndrome
ectopic beat
ectopic decidua
ectopic eyelash
ectopic gestation
ectopic heartbeat
ectopic hormone
ectopic impulse
ectopic pacemaker
ectopic pairing
ectopic pancreas
ectopic pinealoma
ectopic rhythm

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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