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ectopia

ec·to·pia

UK/ɛkˈtəʊ.pi.ə/ US/ɛkˈtoʊ.pi.ə/ uncommon

noun

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Origin

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

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