Fallopian tube
Meaning
Either of the two ducts through which ova pass from the ovaries to the uterus.
Synonyms
Translations
trompe de Fallope
σάλπιγγα
Ovidukt
trompa de Falopio
ovidotto
oviduct
Tuba Uterina Tuba uterinaEtymology
Early 18th century, from Fallopius (“Latinized form of the name of Gabriele Falloppio (1523 – October 9, 1562), the Italian anatomist and physician who first described them”) + -an + tube.
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