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ECTOPIC PREGNANCY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus

Synonyms:

eccyesis; ectopic gestation; ectopic pregnancy; extrauterine gestation; extrauterine pregnancy; metacyesis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ectopic pregnancy" is a kind of...):

gestation; maternity; pregnancy (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ectopic pregnancy"):

abdominal pregnancy (ectopic pregnancy in the abdominal cavity)

ovarian pregnancy (ectopic pregnancy in the ovary)

tubal pregnancy (ectopic pregnancy in a Fallopian tube)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Ectopic pregnancy can be a medical emergency if it ruptures.

(Ectopic Pregnancy, Dept. of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health)