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SECONDARY ABDOMINAL GESTATION

\sˈɛkəndəɹi abdˈɒmɪnə͡l d͡ʒɛstˈe͡ɪʃən], \sˈɛkəndəɹi abdˈɒmɪnə‍l d‍ʒɛstˈe‍ɪʃən], \s_ˈɛ_k_ə_n_d_ə_ɹ_i_ a_b_d_ˈɒ_m_ɪ_n_əl dʒ_ɛ_s_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of SECONDARY ABDOMINAL GESTATION

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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That variety of extra-uterine gestation in which the fetus, originally situated in the oviduct or elsewhere, has become lodged in the abdominal cavity in consequence of the rupture of the fetal sac.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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