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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Extra-uterine gestation, or the development of the fetus outside of the cavity of the uterus, as in a Fallopian tube, an ovary, or the abdominal cavity.

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  • noun pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus

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  • pregnancy outside the uterus

    December 27, 2006