ectopia

1. 1.

   abnormal position of a part or organ (especially at the time of birth)

   Broaderposition

Other forms of ectopia

plural

ectopias·

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 ectopia

What does ectopia mean?

ectopia means "abnormal position of a part or organ (especially at the time of birth)".

How many syllables are in ectopia?

ectopia has 4 syllables and divides as ec-to-pi-a under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.