1700–10; named after Gabriello Fallopio (died 1562), Italian anatomist; see -ian
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“I genuinely thought I was going to die,” said Kyleigh Thurman, whose right fallopian tube ruptured after she struggled to get ectopic care in Texas in 2023.
From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026
She ended up having to have her right fallopian tube removed.
From Salon ● May 26, 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
It also stayed attached to the left fallopian tube and cervix.
From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2025
It passes along the fallopian tube to the womb.
From Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves by Edith B. (Edith Belle) Lowry
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
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
Human Growth calls a Fallopian tube a Fallopian tube.
From Time Magazine Archive
After which we cut through the Fallopian tube, and extracted the sack, which weighed seven pounds and a half .
From Time Magazine Archive
Fecundation of the ovum rarely occurs in the uterus, but ordinarily in the Fallopian tube, according to the general opinion of physiologists.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by Austin ?Malley
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