Phrase guide

ectopic pregnancy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Pregnancy in which the fertilized ovum is implanted in any tissue other than the uterine wall.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: eccyesis, paracyesis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pregnancy, cyesis

2

noun

Meaning 2

pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: extrauterine pregnancy, ectopic gestation, extrauterine gestation, eccyesis, metacyesis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pregnancy, gestation, maternity

Narrower terms: abdominal pregnancy, ovarian pregnancy, tubal pregnancy

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: uşaqlıqdankənar hamiləlik — type of pregnancy
  • Azerbaijani: uşaqlıqdan kənar hamiləlik — type of pregnancy
  • Catalan: embaràs ectòpic — type of pregnancy
  • Catalan: embaràs extrauterí — type of pregnancy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 異位妊娠 /异位妊娠 (yì wèi rènshēn) — type of pregnancy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 子宮外孕 /子宫外孕 (zǐgōng wài yùn) — type of pregnancy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 宮外孕 /宫外孕 (gōng wài yùn) — type of pregnancy
  • Danish: ekstrauterin graviditet — type of pregnancy
  • Danish: foster uden for livmoderen — type of pregnancy
  • Danish: graviditet uden for livmoderen — type of pregnancy
  • Dutch: buitenbaarmoederlijke zwangerschap — type of pregnancy
  • Faroese: fostur uttaná — type of pregnancy
  • Finnish: kohdunulkoinen raskaus — type of pregnancy
  • French: grossesse extra-utérine — type of pregnancy
  • German: Eileiterschwangerschaft — type of pregnancy
  • Greek: εξωμήτριος κύηση (exomítrios kýisi) — type of pregnancy
  • Hungarian: méhen kívüli terhesség — type of pregnancy
  • Icelandic: utanlegsfóstur — type of pregnancy
  • Japanese: 子宮外妊娠 (shikyūgai-ninshin) — type of pregnancy
  • Korean: 자궁외임신 (jagung'oeimsin) — type of pregnancy
  • Northern Kurdish: ducaniya derekî — type of pregnancy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: svangerskap utenfor livmoren — type of pregnancy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ektopisk svangerskap — type of pregnancy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ekstrauterin graviditet — type of pregnancy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: svangerskap utanfor livmora — type of pregnancy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ektopisk svangerskap — type of pregnancy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ekstrauterin graviditet — type of pregnancy
  • Polish: ciąża pozamaciczna — type of pregnancy
  • Portuguese: gravidez tubária — type of pregnancy
  • Portuguese: gravidez ectópica — type of pregnancy
  • Russian: внема́точная бере́менность (vnemátočnaja berémennostʹ) — type of pregnancy
  • Swedish: utomkvedshavandeskap — type of pregnancy
  • Swedish: extrauterin graviditet — type of pregnancy
  • Walloon: poirtêye foû matrice — type of pregnancy