Definition of Tubal pregnancy

1. Noun. Ectopic pregnancy in a Fallopian tube.


Medical Definition of Tubal pregnancy

1. An ectopic pregnancy that involves the development of the embryo within the fallopian tube. This can result in a surgical emergency when the developing embryo reaches a critical size. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tubal Pregnancy

tubaist
tubaists
tubal
tubal abortion
tubal air cells
tubal branch
tubal branch of the tympanic plexus
tubal branch of the uterine artery
tubal cartilage
tubal colic
tubal dysmenorrhoea
tubal extremity of ovary
tubal folds of uterine tubes
tubal infantilism
tubal ligation
tubal pregnancy (current term)
tubal prominence
tubal tonsil
tubalike
tubar
tubas
tubate
tubatorsion
tubba
tubbable
tubbed
tubber
tubbers
tubbier
tubbies

Literary usage of Tubal pregnancy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"tubal pregnancy is most frequent in the left tube; ¡t sometimes complicates uterine pregnancy; rarely both tubes arc pregnant. ..."

2. The Principles and practice of gynecology: For Students and Practitioners by Emilius Clark Dudley (1904)
"Etiology of tubal pregnancy. It is conceded generally that in at least a large proportion of ... tubal pregnancy is common after long periods of sterility. ..."

3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1889)
"The diagnosis was rupture of tubal pregnancy, with intra- peritoneal hemorrhage. ... The two cases illustrated the ordinary history of tubal pregnancy. ..."

4. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1894)
"A diagnosis of tubal pregnancy was made, and she was sent into the hospital. On admission, the diagnosis was clear ; the foetus was felt on the left side of ..."

5. Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists by American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (1919)
"BY OG PFAFF, MD, Indianapolis, Ind. INTERSTITIAL tubal pregnancy is, undoubtedly, of more frequent occurrence than we formerly believed; this conviction is ..."

6. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"tubal pregnancy is most frequent in the left tube; it sometimes complicates ... The signs suggestive of tubal pregnancy before rupture arc missed periods, ..."

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