Definition of tubal pregnancy in US English:
tubal pregnancy
nounˈt(y)o͞obəl ˈpreɡnənsē
Medicine An ectopic pregnancy in which the fetus develops in a fallopian tube.
the non-surgical treatment of tubal pregnancies
mass noun she had a history of miscarriage and tubal pregnancy
Example sentencesExamples
- She had a tubal pregnancy, though neither of them knew she was pregnant at the time.
- The major risks of a tubal ligation reversal include failure of the procedure and ectopic pregnancy also known as a tubal pregnancy.
- Possibly, the rarity of this diagnosis is because pathologists simply categorize it as an ectopic or tubal pregnancy.
- Using a variety of statistical techniques, they discovered that women with a prior history of infertility ran a higher risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes, such as tubal pregnancy, miscarriage or stillbirth.
- One year later she had a tubal pregnancy and needed salpingectomy.