Recent Examples on the WebAn ectopic pregnancy, also called extrauterine pregnancy, is when a fertilized egg grows outside a woman's uterus, usually in a fallopian tube. Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE.com, 2 June 2021
Word History
First Known Use
1709, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
extrauterine
adjective
ex·tra·uter·ine ˌek-strə-ˈyüt-ə-rən -ˌrīn
: situated or occurring outside the uterus
Endometriosis can be defined as the growth of endometrial tissue composed of both glandular and stromal elements at an extrauterine site. G. David Adamson, The Journal of the American Medical Association