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    ECCYESIS

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterusplay

    Synonyms:

    eccyesis; ectopic gestation; ectopic pregnancy; extrauterine gestation; extrauterine pregnancy; metacyesis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("eccyesis" is a kind of...):

    gestation; maternity; pregnancy (the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eccyesis"):

    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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