ectopic

Relating to ectopia.

Adjective

  1. Relating to ectopia.
  2. Being out of place; having an abnormal position.

Origin

Etymology tree English ectopia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English ectopic From ectopia + -ic.

Forms

more ectopic most ectopic

Antonyms

entopic

Derived

ectopically ectopicity ectopic pregnancy nonectopic

Noun

  1. Ectopic beat.
  2. An ectopic pregnancy.

Forms

ectopics