eccyesis

Other forms of eccyesis

plural

eccyesises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about eccyesis

What does eccyesis mean?

eccyesis means "pregnancy resulting from gestation elsewhere than in the uterus".

How many syllables are in eccyesis?

eccyesis has 3 syllables: ec-cye-sis. The stress falls on "ec".

What is another word for eccyesis?

Close synonyms include ectopic pregnancy, extrauterine pregnancy, ectopic gestation, extrauterine gestation, metacyesis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is eccyesis a common word?

eccyesis is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.