Abdominal pregnancy
abdominal pregnancy
abdominal pregnancy n.
an ectopic pregnancy developing in the peritoneal cavity, usually secondary to an early rupture of a tubal pregnancy. also called abdominocyesis.
historical examples
if the foetus goes on growing in this case, we have an abdominal pregnancy.
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