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ectopic

[ek-top-ik] / ɛkˈtɒp ɪk /
ADJECTIVE
displaced
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“I genuinely thought I was going to die,” said Kyleigh Thurman, whose right fallopian tube ruptured after she struggled to get ectopic care in Texas in 2023.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

The United Kingdom’s response to a similar spike in ectopic deaths during the pandemic shows just how much the U.S. is failing to do.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

That could mean the pregnancy is ectopic, but it may also be a miscarriage or normal pregnancy that’s too small to see.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

“A death related to ectopic pregnancy should really be a never event,” said Dr. Alice Abernathy, an OB-GYN in Philadelphia.

From Salon Sep. 13, 2026

Mutations in the genes thus result in malformed, ectopic segments and organs.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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