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ectopic (adj.)

1864 in reference to pregnancy, from ectopia "morbid displacement of parts" (1847), coined in Modern Latin from Greek ektopos "away from a place, distant; foreign, strange," from ek- "out" (see ex-) + topos "place" (see topos).

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Definitions of ectopic from WordNet

ectopic (adj.)
exhibiting ectopia;
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