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ectopia

Pronunciation: /ɛkˈtəʊ.pi.ə/

The English word “ectopia” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

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.

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