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• fallopian tube
  fallopian tube

  noun

  one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.
• Fallopian tube
  Fallopian tube

  noun

  either of a pair of slender tubes through which ova pass from the ovaries to the uterus in female mammals See oviduct

fallopian tube

American  

[fuh-loh-pee-uhn] / fəˈloʊ pi ən /

Or Fallopian tube

noun

1. one of a pair of long, slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and, in fertilization, transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova; the oviduct of higher mammals.

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Fallopian tube British  

/ fəˈləʊpɪən /

noun

1. either of a pair of slender tubes through which ova pass from the ovaries to the uterus in female mammals See oviduct

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fallopian tube Scientific  

/ fə-lō′pē-ən /

1. Either of a pair of long, slender tubes found in female mammals that carry egg cells from the ovaries to the uterus.

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Etymology

Origin of fallopian tube

1700–10; named after Gabriello Fallopio (died 1562), Italian anatomist; see -ian

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Six months later she was diagnosed with the cancer after doctors found a mass in her left fallopian tube while treating her for appendicitis.

From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2025

She was eventually rushed into surgery and also had to have her right fallopian tube removed.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2024

However, it required the removal of most of her right fallopian tube.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2024

Doctors eventually removed her right fallopian tube to save her life, lowering her chances of having a successful pregnancy in the future.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 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 Collins, David

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

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

It had long been assumed that there was no communication between egg and sperm until they collided in the Fallopian tube.

From Time Magazine Archive

Human Growth calls a Fallopian tube a Fallopian tube.

From Time Magazine Archive

Green reports the case of a female child in which the right kidney and right Fallopian tube and ovary were absent without any rudimentary structures in their place.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)