ectopia /ec·to·pia/ (ek-to´pe-ah) [Gr.] malposition, especially if congenital.
ectopia cor´dis congenital displacement of the heart outside the thoracic cavity.
ectopia len´tis abnormal position of the lens of the eye.
ectopia pupil´lae conge´nita congenital displacement of the pupil.
ectopia cor·dis (kôr d s)n. A congenital condition in which the heart is exposed on the chest wall because of maldevelopment of the sternum and pericardium. |
ectopia
[L.] ectopy.
ectopia cordis
congenital displacement of the heart outside the thoracic cavity.
ectopia lentis
congenital displacement of the lens away from its usual site attached to the ciliary body. Occurs as one of a series of defects in an inherited syndrome of cattle. The other defects are irideremia, microphakia and cataract. The calves are normal in other respects.
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