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extrauterine pregnancy

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ectopic pregnancy

–noun Medicine/Medical.
the development of a fertilized ovum outside the uterus, as in a Fallopian tube.


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1925–30
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Main Entry: ectopic pregnancy
Function: noun
: gestation elsewhere than in the uterus (as in a fallopian tube or in the peritoneal cavity) called also ectopicgestation, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy

Main Entry: extrauterine pregnancy
Function: noun
: ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
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ectopic pregnancy n.
Implantation and subsequent development of a fertilized ovum outside the cavity of the uterus. Also called eccyesis.

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