Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Ectopic

Ectopic (adjective): occurring in an abnormal place or position; can describe a tissue (e.g. thyroid gland tissue growing in an unusual place), an organ (e.g. a kidney not in the normal location), or a process (e.g. a pregnancy in which the fetus implants in the Fallopian tube instead of the uterus)

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