ectopic
pronunciation
How to pronounce ectopic in British English:
UK [ekˈtɒpɪk]
How to pronounce ectopic in American English:
US [ekˈtɑpɪk]
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- Adjective:
- exhibiting ectopia
Word Origin
- ectopic (adj.)
- 1864 in reference to pregnancy, from ectopia "morbid displacement of parts" (1847), coined in Modern Latin from Greek ektopos "away from a place, distant; foreign, strange," from ek- "out" (see ex-) + topos "place" (see topos).
Example
- 1. Fallopian tube scarring can cause infertility and ectopic pregnancy .
- 2. In fact , some of his pictures were of dead foetuses from ectopic pregnancies , while others show living foetuses in the womb .
- 3. Rarely , the fertilized egg does not leave the fallopian tube ; this is called a tubal pregnancy or ectopic pregnancy and is a danger to the mother .
- 4. Diagnostic value of ultrasonography in ectopic pregnancy .
- 5. Conservative treatment of ectopic pregnancy with ultrasound-guided local injection .