ectopic
occurring in an abnormal position or place; displaced.
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How to use ectopic in a sentence
If a pharmacy refuses to fill a prescription for methotrexate because it will end an ectopic pregnancy, it may be discriminating on the basis of sex, according to the HHS.
Abortion bans are impeding access to ulcer, arthritis, and cancer medications | Kate Baggaley | August 1, 2022 | Popular-ScienceWe need to be here for the patient with the ectopic pregnancy who went to the local hospital only to find out they didn’t have methotrexate in stock to terminate that unviable pregnancy.
It’s one thing to take personal risks to save a patient in a clear life-or-death situation—like with his ectopic pregnancy patient who was bleeding out, Nichols says.
Doctors in Anti-Abortion States Now Have No Idea When They're Allowed to Save a Pregnant Person's Life | Tara Law | July 7, 2022 | TimeDoctors also use it to end ectopic pregnancies, in which a fertilized egg grows outside the uterus, resulting in an unviable pregnancy that carries the risk of life-threatening complications for the pregnant person.
Abortion Restrictions May Be Making It Harder for Patients to Get a Cancer and Arthritis Drug | Jamie Ducharme | July 6, 2022 | TimeIt is also a drug that is used to treat ectopic pregnancies, or pregnancies that happen outside the uterus, typically in a fallopian tube.
Rheumatology patients are already having trouble accessing essential drugs because of abortion bans | Annalisa Merelli | July 6, 2022 | Quartz
When the ectopic ovum begins to develop in the Fallopian tube the placental villi erode the tubal wall and the blood-vessels.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation | Austin O'MalleyHirst says an experienced obstetrical specialist sees from 12 to 24 cases of ectopic pregnancy annually.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation | Austin O'MalleyMay an ectopic fetus be killed by operation, electricity, or poison, to avert possible danger of death from the mother?
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation | Austin O'MalleyWith conditions like those in question 11, except that the fetus is not viable, may the surgeon remove the inviable ectopic fetus?
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation | Austin O'MalleyIn many of these conditions the ovum becomes blocked and rupture follows as in ectopic gestation.
The Ethics of Medical Homicide and Mutilation | Austin O'Malley
Scientific definitions for ectopic
[ ĕk-tŏp′ĭk ]
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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