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ectopic

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for ectopic.

Editorial note

A mother dying because of an ectopic pregnancy or because she was too young to have a baby is god's will.

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Parts of speech2

Quick take

Relating to ectopia.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of ectopic gathered in one view.

adjective

Relating to ectopia.

noun

(obstetrics, colloquial) An ectopic pregnancy.

noun

(cardiology, colloquial) Ectopic beat.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for ectopic.

adjective

Relating to ectopia.

noun

(obstetrics, colloquial) An ectopic pregnancy.

noun

(cardiology, colloquial) Ectopic beat.

adjective

(comparable, medicine) Being out of place; having an abnormal position.

Example sentences

1

A mother dying because of an ectopic pregnancy or because she was too young to have a baby is god's will.

2

Science says if that an ectopic pregnancy is not aborted, the mother will almost certainly die; some (most?

3

Even the most restrictive states, like those with six week bans, include exemptions for things like ectopic pregnancy and preeclampsia.

4

My wife about 9 years ago was admitted to the hospital for a ruptured ectopic pregnancy.

5

Many (most?) people get ectopic beats, but the threshold for noticing them seems to differ.

6

What if you were a woman seeking medical treatment for an ectopic pregnancy?

7

I have frequent ectopic beats that I feel as a flutter / heavy beat on my chest.

8

I wonder if any pick up ectopic beats with the normal continuous pulse sensor and not the 1-lead EKG thing?

9

Just saw a TikTok post from a woman with an ectopic pregnancy being refused care by the Conway Medical Center (Conway, SC, near Myrtle Beach).

10

In addition, there's probably a correlation of states which don't make exceptions to save maternal life: situations like ectopic are almost certainly fatal if untreated.

11

The ectopic lymphoid structures go away after the infection resolves.

12

Wonder what happens when the patient has multiple pacing nodes - does it organise to make one (correct!) or go back to having ectopic nodes (oh dear).

Quote examples

1

Your list of keywords is missing "ectopic pregnancy", which seems like exactly the kind of issue your comment contemplates.

2

And what if I have reason to believe that those 350 women die because, more often than not, pro-abortionists hold them hostage and then whine "it's not our fault, you wouldn't let us deal with the ectopic pregnancy!

3

Me neither, but I got something similar from the abstract that I was about to ask, so adding it here: "Following infection, vaccinated mice mounted rapid pathogen-specific T cell and antibody responses and formed ectopic lymphoid structures in the lung." That latter term (ectopic lymphoid structure) comes up in connection with persistent inflammation where the immune system sets up camp near the problem point.

Proper noun examples

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Ectopic nodes seem to fire randomly or upon certain triggers/stressor and thereby lose synchronization (otherwise how would one a patient be diagnosed).

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use ectopic in a sentence?

A mother dying because of an ectopic pregnancy or because she was too young to have a baby is god's will.

What does ectopic mean?

Relating to ectopia.

What part of speech is ectopic?

ectopic is commonly used as adjective, noun.