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sal⋅pinx

  [sal-pingks]
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–noun, plural sal⋅pin⋅ges  [sal-pin-jeez] . Anatomy.
a trumpet-shaped tube, as a Fallopian or Eustachian tube.
Origin:
1835–45; < Gk: trumpet

Related forms:
sal⋅pin⋅gi⋅an  [sal-pin-jee-uhn] , adjective
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sal·pinx   (sāl'pĭngks)   
n.   pl. sal·pin·ges (sāl-pĭn'jēz)

  1. The fallopian tube.

  2. The eustachian tube.


[New Latin, from Greek salpinx, trumpet.]
sal·pin'gi·an (-pĭn'jē-ən, -jən) adj.
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salpinx sal·pinx (sāl'pĭngks)
n. pl. sal·pin·ges (sāl-pĭn'jēz)

  1. See fallopian tube.

  2. See eustachian tube.

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