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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Either of a pair of slender ducts through which ova pass from the ovary to the uterus in the female reproductive system of humans and other mammals.
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- adjective Alternative capitalization of
Fallopian tube
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- noun either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Gabriele Fallopio, (1523–1562), Italian anatomist.]
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