[ek-top-ik] 
| occurring in an abnormal position or place; displaced. |
| ec·to·pi·a (ěk-tō'pē-ə) n. An abnormal location or position of an organ or a body part, occurring congenitally or as the result of injury. [New Latin, from Greek ektopos, away from a place : ek-, away from, out of; see ecto- + topos, place.] ec·top'ic (-tŏp'ĭk) adj. |
ectopic ec·top·ic (ěk-tŏp'ĭk)
adj.
Out of place, as of an organ not in its proper position, or of a pregnancy occurring elsewhere than in the cavity of the uterus.
Of or relating to a heartbeat that has its origin elsewhere than in the sinoatrial node.
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