tubal

[ too-buh l, tyoo- ]

/ ˈtu bəl, ˈtyu- /

adjective Anatomy.

pertaining to a tube, as a Fallopian tube.

Nearby words

tub chair, tub-thump, tub-thumper, tub-thumping, tuba, tubal, tubal ligation, tubal pregnancy, tubal-cain, tubate, tubby

Origin of tubal

First recorded in 1725–35; tube + -al¹

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Examples from the Web for tubal

I was on birth control pills for years, and when I got my OBGYN to agree to it- I got a tubal ligation.
Why I Choose to Be Child-Free: Readers Share Their Stories|Harry Siegel|February 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Tubal ligation is used by about the same number of women but is much less easy to undo.
How Over-the-Counter Birth Control Could Screw You|Kent Sepkowitz|November 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
What she now thinks they were talking about was a tubal ligation.
Sterilized for Being Poor?|Constantino Diaz-Duran|January 16, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Salarino and Solanio leave the stage awed almost to breathlessness, and Tubal enters.
Shakespeare in the Theatre|William Poel

Sidon opens her gates, and receives a new prince, Ithobal (Tubal), at the hands of Sennacherib.
The History of Antiquity, Vol. III (of VI)|Max Duncker
The first figure in the representation of the quadrivium is Music, with Tubal Cain beneath.
Old English Libraries|Ernest Savage
All Spanish cities were founded by Hercules, except a few which had been previously founded by Tubal.
Northern Spain|Edgar T. A. Wigram
The world had to wait a weary time for its wheels, simply because the successors of Tubal and Jubal took something for granted.
The World on Wheels and Other Sketches|Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) Taylor

British Dictionary definitions for tubal

tubal

/ (ˈtjuːbəl) /

adjective

of or relating to a tube

of, relating to, or developing in a Fallopian tubea tubal pregnancy

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Medicine definitions for tubal

tubal

[ tōō′bəl ]

adj.

Of, relating to, or occurring in a tube, such as the fallopian tube or the eustachian tube.

tubal

adjective Anatomy.

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Origin of tubal

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British Dictionary definitions for tubal

tubal

adjective

Medicine definitions for tubal

tubal

adj.