ectopia

The condition where an organ or other body part has an abnormal position.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin ectopia, derived from Ancient Greek ἔκτοπος (éktopos, “away from a place”), from ἐκ- (ek-) + τόπος (tópos).

Synonyms

displacement

dystopia

jump

passage

segue

shift

subduction

transition

transposition

allotopia

ectopy

heterotaxy

heterotopia

malposition

dystopy

Translations

ectopie

εκτοπία

ektopia

ectopia

ectopia