How to Use ectopic in a Sentence

ectopic

adjective

• If the pregnancy is ectopic, the risk of rupture increases the longer treatment is delayed.
  — Andrea Suozzo, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026
• The pregnancy was ectopic, a medical term for a pregnancy located outside of the uterus.
  — Emily Brindley health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
• The problem is that a single ultrasound usually can't determine whether a pregnancy is ectopic.
  — Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 24 June 2026
• With another piece of paper indicating her pregnancy was not ectopic, though, Hall had left the clinic thinking that concern didn’t apply to her.
  — Emily Brindley health Reporter, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
• Narrow medical exceptions exist for ectopic and molar pregnancies, but not fatal fetal diagnoses.
  — Vivian Jones, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
• Similar to ectopic deaths, the rise appeared to begin during the COVID pandemic, but the rate of complications remained elevated after hospital systems stabilized and the state passed its restrictive law.
  — Andrea Suozzo, ProPublica, 9 Sep. 2026