What does ectopic mean?

ectopic means "exhibiting ectopia".

How many syllables are in ectopic?

ectopic has 3 syllables: ec-to-pic. The stress falls on "to".

Is ectopic a common word?

ectopic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

ectopic

Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.

Part of speech: adjective
How common: Rare
Syllables: 3
Letters: 7

ectopic is an adjective meaning "exhibiting ectopia". It carries one recorded sense.

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
exhibiting ectopia
anatomy

Questions about ectopic

What does ectopic mean?: ectopic means "exhibiting ectopia".
How many syllables are in ectopic?: ectopic has 3 syllables: ec-to-pic. The stress falls on "to".
Is ectopic a common word?: ectopic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ectopic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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