topo-, top-, -topia, -topy, -topism, -topic

(Greek: place, a position, region, local, localized)

1. A condition in which an organ or substance is not in its natural or proper place; such as, an ectopic pregnancy that develops outside the uterus or an ectopic heartbeat.
2. A displacement or malposition; especially, if congenital.
A place in which human society, natural conditions, etc., are so ideally perfect that there is complete contentment.
1. Occurring at an abnormal place or upon the wrong part of the body.
2. Malposition, especially if congenital (present at birth).
3. In biology, occurring in a wide variety of habitats.
4. In neuropathology, displacement of gray matter, typically into deep cerebral white matter.
isotope (s), isotopes (pl)


normotopia (s) (noun), normotopias (pl)
A condition in which there is an ordinary placement or location of an organ in the body: During the veterinarian anatomy courses which Pablo studied, he learned the normotopias for many common household pets.
A future world in which there will be a chemical or pharmaceutical product not only to treat each disease but also to counteract each inconvenient symptom of life.
phlebectopy, phlebectopia
1. Displacement of a vein.
2. The loction of one or more veins in an unusual part of the anatomy.
3. Abnormal position of a vein.
photopia, photopic, photopic vision


Vision with eyes that are adapted to normal bright daylight.
1. The adaptation of the eye to darkness.
2. Loss of color perception, with the ability to discern only shades of black and white.
3. Vision when the eye is adapted to the dark; also: night vision, rod vision, and twilight vision.
skeletopia (s) (noun), skeletopias (pl)
The position of an organ in relation to the bones of the body.
1. Displacement of a ligament.
2. An unusual situation of a ligament.