- ectopic
- adjective
Etymology: Greek ektopos out of place, from ex- out + topos place
Date: 1873
occurring in an abnormal position or in an unusual manner or form <ectopic lesions> • ectopically adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
ectopic
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ectopic — ECTÓPIC, Ă, ectopici, ce, adj. (med.; despre organe) Care are o poziţie anormală. – Din fr. ectopique. Trimis de LauraGellner, 10.06.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 ectópic adj. m., pl. ectópici; f. sg. ectópic … Dicționar Român
Ectopic — Ec*top ic, a. (Med.) Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ectopic — 1873, from ectopia (1847), coined in Mod.L. from Gk. ektopos away from a place, from ek out + topos place … Etymology dictionary
ectopic — ► ADJECTIVE Medicine ▪ in an abnormal place or position. ORIGIN from Greek ektopos out of place … English terms dictionary
Ectopic — In the wrong place. Out of place. An ectopic kidney, for example, is one that is not in the usual location. The term ectopic comes from the Greek ektopis meaning displacement ( ek , out of + topos , place = out of place). The first person to use… … Medical dictionary
ectopic — adj. Ectopic is used with these nouns: ↑pregnancy … Collocations dictionary
ectopic — ec|top|ic [ ek tapık ] adjective MEDICAL an ectopic PREGNANCY is one in which a baby starts to grow outside its mother s WOMB … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
ectopic — [[t]ektɒ̱pɪk[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n An ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg becomes implanted outside a woman s womb, for example in one of her fallopian tubes … English dictionary
ectopic — adj. (Medicine) outside of the normal place, outside of the normal place (as in an ectopic pregnancy) … English contemporary dictionary
ectopic — UK [ekˈtɒpɪk] / US [ekˈtɑpɪk] adjective medical an ectopic pregnancy is one in which a baby starts to grow outside its mother s womb … English dictionary
