ectopia cordis

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ectopia

[ek-to´pe-ah] (L.)

malposition, especially if congenital.

ectopia cor´dis congenital displacement of the heart outside the thoracic cavity.

ectopia len´tis displacement of the crystalline lens of the eye.

congenital condition in which the heart is exposed on the thoracic wall because of maldevelopment of the sternum and pericardium.

(ek-tō'pē-ă kōr'dis)

Congenital condition in which the heart is exposed on the thoracic wall because of maldevelopment of the sternum and pericardium.

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