eccyesis

eccyesis

a pregnancy that takes place outside the uterus.

See also: Pregnancy

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

eccyesis - pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus ectopic gestation, ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine gestation, extrauterine pregnancy, metacyesis maternity, pregnancy, gestation - the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus abdominal pregnancy - ectopic pregnancy in the abdominal cavity ovarian pregnancy - ectopic pregnancy in the ovary tubal pregnancy - ectopic pregnancy in a Fallopian tube