ectopic
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A former Daily Mail editor has denied obtaining sensitive medical information about the actress Sadie Frost's ectopic pregnancy though unlawful means.
From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026
The swelling that occurred in her lower abdomen, she says, was likely an ectopic pregnancy, in which a fertilized egg implants and grows outside of the uterus.
From Salon • Feb. 12, 2025
Ever since my ectopic pregnancy, my cycle had gone haywire.
From Slate • Jan. 2, 2025
Around 11,000 pregnancies a year in the UK are ectopic.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2024
Mutations in the genes thus result in malformed, ectopic segments and organs.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
