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ectopic pregnancy  listen  (ek-TAH-pik PREG-nun-see)

  A condition in which a fertilized egg grows outside of the uterus, usually in one of the fallopian tubes. Symptoms include sharp pain on one side of the abdomen and bleeding from the vagina. Also called extrauterine pregnancy.