ectopia

The condition where an organ or other body part has an abnormal position.

Noun

  1. The condition where an organ or other body part has an abnormal position.

Origin

Learned borrowing from New Latin ectopia, derived from Ancient Greek ἔκτοπος (éktopos, “away from a place”), from ἐκ- (ek-) + τόπος (tópos). By surface analysis, ec- + -topia.

Forms

ectopias

Synonyms

ectopy dystopia heterotopia malposition

Derived

ectopia cordis ectopia lentis ectopic splenectopia