eccyesis
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eccyesis
a pregnancy that takes place outside the uterus.
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Noun | 1. | eccyesis - pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus 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 |
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