fallopian
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- adjective
- /fəˈloʊpiən/
- Specialized
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- Although the aetiology remains unclear, the most widely accepted theory involves the retrograde menstrual flow of endometrial tissue through the fallopian tubes during menstruation into the peritoneal cavity.
- fallopian tubes
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Examples
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Many women experience health issues related to their fallopian tubes, affecting their fertility.
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He opined that states' authority was broad enough to cover "cutting the Fallopian tubes."
Academic text (2017) -
On the last day of 2011, I went in for surgery to remove an ectopic pregnancy and the fallopian tube it had destroyed.
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Sperm travels through the fallopian tubes to meet the egg during fertilization.
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The doctor explained how the fallopian tubes connect the ovaries to the uterus.
Synonyms
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Relating to a tube in the body, like the Fallopian tube
Compounds
- Specialized
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5.5
One of two thin tubes in a woman's body that carry an egg from the ovary to the womb
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word fallopian is named after the Italian doctor Falloppio, who first described the small tubes in the female body. So fallopian means 'relating to the tubes' that carry eggs from the ovary to the uterus.