ectopic

(Med.) Out of place; congenitally displaced; as, an ectopic organ.

Occurring outside of the expected or usual location; displaced.

1. pertaining to or characterized by ectopy.
2. located away from normal position.
3. arising or produced at an abnormal site or in a tissue where it is not normally found. See also specific sites or structures.

• e. ACTH syndrome — production of ACTH by nonpituitary tumors occurs in humans and is a cause of adrenal hyperplasia and hyperadrenocorticism. It has not been reported in animals.
• e. endocrinopathy — production of hormones by nonendocrinal, usually neoplastic, tissues. The most common example in animals is pseudohyperparathyroidism in dogs caused by a variety of tumors, particularly apocrine adenocarcinomas of the anal sacs and lymphosarcoma.
• e. heart — see ectopia cordis.
• e. kidney — usually an unascended kidney.
• e. lens — see ectopia lentis.
• e. mineralization — deposition of calcium salts of phosphate, silicate, etc. in unusual situations, e.g. calcifying myopathy in horses. See also mineralization.
• e. ossification — see ectopic mineralization (above).
• e. teeth — see dental cyst.