ectopic

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Ectopic pregnancies are when the embryo starts growing outside the womb, usually in the fallopian tube, and can be life-threatening.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

Ectopic pregnancy can be dangerous, even fatal, for the mother.

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2025

Ectopic pregnancies often become life-threatening emergencies and abortion clinics aren’t set up to treat them.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2022

Ectopic pregnancies — when the fetus implants outside the uterus, usually in one of the fallopian tubes and sometimes on the ovaries or in the cervix — don’t always show up on scans.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2022

If the fecundated ovum is blocked or held in the Fallopian tube, the embryo grows where the ovum stops, and we have a case of Ectopic Gestation.

From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin