An ectopic pregnancy occurs when a fertilized egg becomes implanted outside a woman's womb, for example in one of her fallopian tubes
electrical stimulation of cardiac contractions beginning at a point other than the sinoatrial (SA) node
An adjective referring to an event or tissue occurring at a place other than its normal location Ectopic heart beats are generated from an impulse originating some other place than the SA node Press the "back" button to return to where you came from
{s} (Medicine) outside of the normal place, outside of the normal place (as in an ectopic pregnancy)
Ectopic means out of place and is said of an organ which is not in its proper position, or of a pregnancy occurring elsewhere than in the cavity of the uterus In cardiography, it denotes a heart beat that has its origin in some abnormal focus other than the sinoatrial node (the area of the heart where heart beats normally originate)
A pregnancy in which the fertilized ovum is implanted in any tissue other than the uterine wall. Most ectopic pregnancies occur in the Fallopian tube (so-called tubal pregnancies), but implantation can also occur in the cervix, ovaries, and abdomen. An abdominal pregnancy or heterotopic pregnancy is rare, but a few, fabulously rare (about 1: 60,000,000) cases are documented as coming to term; in the other instances, the mother dies first; an abdominal pregnancy is the supreme obstetrical emergency. All are treated by surgery where the life of the non-viable fetus is sacrificed for that of the mother
(Ev ile ilgili) Pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus(synonym) extrauterine pregnancy, ectopic gestation, extrauterine gestation, eccyesis, metacyesis
Implantation and subsequent development of a fertilized ovum outside the uterus, as in a fallopian tube. or extrauterine pregnancy Condition in which a fertilized egg is imbedded outside the uterus (see fertilization). Early on, it may resemble a normal pregnancy, with hormonal changes, amenorrhea, and development of a placenta. Later, most patients have pain as the growing embryo stretches the structure it is attached to. Rupture may cause life-threatening bleeding. A tubal pregnancy may result from obstruction of the egg's passage through the fallopian tube. In an ovarian pregnancy, the egg is fertilized before it leaves the ovary. Implantation elsewhere in the abdomen is an abdominal pregnancy