ectopic
(adjective)
Being out of place, such as a pregnancy occurring inside the fallopian tubes instead of the uterus.
Examples of ectopic in the following topics:
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Cell Inclusions and Storage Granules
- Mechanisms for folding a protein may also be absent, and hydrophobic residues that normally would remain buried may be exposed and available for interaction with similar exposed sites on other ectopic proteins.
- In addition, the fine controls that may keep the concentration of a protein low will also be missing in a prokaryotic cell, and overexpression can result in filling a cell with ectopic protein that, even if it were properly folded, would precipitate by saturating its environment.
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Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
- It should be treated promptly to avoid serious complications like scarring and adhesions which can cause infertility, ectopic pregnancy and chronic pelvic pain.