fallopian tubes
[ (fuh-loh-pee-uhn) ]
The slender tubes through which ova pass from the ovaries to the uterus. Fertilization normally takes place in the fallopian tubes. (See reproductive systems.)
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How to use fallopian tubes in a sentence
The positions of the fallopian tubes, which are cut off, and down the passages of which two needles are passed.
Inflammation of the uterine appendages, ovaria, fallopian tubes, and broad ligaments; 3.
A System of Midwifery | Edward Rigby
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