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)