ectopic
adjective/ekˈtɒpɪk/
/ekˈtɑːpɪk/
(medical)- in an abnormal place or positionOxford Collocations DictionaryEctopic is used with these nouns:
- pregnancy
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from modern Latin ectopia ‘presence of tissue, cells, etc. in an abnormal place’ (from Greek ektopos ‘out of place’) + -ic.Definitions on the go
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