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ec·to·py

 (ĕk′tə-pē)
n. pl. ec·to·pies
1. The origination of cardiac electrical impulses in myocardium outside of the sinoatrial node. Also called ectopia.
2. See ectopia.
[From New Latin ectopia, displacement; see ectopia.]
ec·top′ic (-tŏp′ĭk) adj.
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ec·to·py

n. ectopia, desplazamiento de un órgano, condición gen. congénita.
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