paracyesis

English

Noun

paracyesis (usually uncountable, plural paracyeses)

  2. (medicine, archaic, uncommon) Synonym of ectopic pregnancy.
    • 1895, American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Transactions, volume 7, page 98:
      Paracyesis and interstitial or cornuate fetation are purposely omitted, as such accidents can scarcely be diagnosticated […]
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.