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ectopic pregnancy

noun

Medicine/Medical.
  1. the development of a fertilized ovum outside the uterus, as in a Fallopian tube.


ectopic pregnancy

noun

  1. pathol the abnormal development of a fertilized egg outside the cavity of the uterus, usually within a Fallopian tube
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Origin of ectopic pregnancy1

First recorded in 1925–30
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In West Virginia, abortion is prohibited through all stages of pregnancy except in the case of a medical emergency, an ectopic pregnancy or a fetus that's not medically viable.

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The swelling that occurred in her lower abdomen, she says, was likely an ectopic pregnancy, in which a fertilized egg implants and grows outside of the uterus.

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But she miscarried in November 2021 and five months later had an ectopic pregnancy, in which the embryo implants outside of the womb, requiring emergency surgery.

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In an interview with Women's Wear Daily Fox also revealed that she'd experienced an ectopic pregnancy on a different occasion.

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The “Transformers†actor previously had an ectopic pregnancy and “other things that I’m not going to say because God forbid the world will be in an uproar,†she told Women’s Wear Daily last year.

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