fallopian tube

or Fallo·pian tube

[ fuh-loh-pee-uhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.

Fallopian tube

/ fəˈləʊpɪən /

See oviduct
either of a pair of slender tubes through which ova pass from the ovaries to the uterus in female mammals See oviduct oviducaloviductal

fallopian tube

/ fə-lō′pē-ən /

Either of a pair of long, slender tubes found in female mammals that carry egg cells from the ovaries to the uterus.

1700–10; named after Gabriello Fallopio (died 1562), Italian anatomist; -ian

C18: named after Gabriello Fallopio (1523–62), Italian anatomist who first described the tubes

I underwent surgery to remove one burst fallopian tube at the age of 19 and the second at the age of 20.

Ophorectomy signifies the removal through an abdominal incision of an ovary and Fallopian tube for affections mainly inflammatory.

Each of these cavities terminates in a fallopian tube, which opens into the capsule of an ovarium.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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