1700–10; named after Gabriello Fallopio (died 1562), Italian anatomist; see -ian
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Thurman had to have her fallopian tube removed after it ruptured.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
She also had an enlarged ovary and visible oviduct — an avian fallopian tube — suggesting she was getting ready for breeding, which typically happens in January or February.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 26, 2025
She was diagnosed with a ruptured fallopian tube after suffering a miscarriage, which required surgery "within the hour".
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2025
As a BRCA1 previvor, my risk for breast, ovarian, pancreatic, peritoneal, fallopian tube and endometrial cancer is higher than normal.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2024
Each of these cavities terminates in a fallopian tube, which opens into the capsule of an ovarium.
From An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 2 by David Collins
A doctor inserts the coil into each Fallopian tube, in a procedure that typically takes less than 15 minutes.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2015
Usually, only one ovary responds, and on Day 10 or soon after, a fully formed ovum is released into the Fallopian tube.
From Time Magazine Archive
Around the 14th day of the cycle, ovulation occurs: the follicle releases the ovum, which travels down the Fallopian tube toward the uterus.
From Time Magazine Archive
Finally they were implanted in the right Fallopian tube of a New Zealand Red doe which had been rendered pseudopregnant by a sterile mating.
From Time Magazine Archive
At each menstrual period, a Graafian vesicle becomes enlarged, bursts, and lets the ovum which it contains escape into the Fallopian tube, along which it passes to the uterus.
From Fruits of Philosophy A Treatise on the Population Question by Charles Knowlton
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