tubal

[too-buh l, tyoo-]

adjective Anatomy.

pertaining to a tube, as a Fallopian tube.

Origin of tubal

First recorded in 1725–35; tube + -al¹

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Examples from the Web for tubal

Contemporary Examples of 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
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
What she now thinks they were talking about was a tubal ligation.
Sterilized for Being Poor?
Constantino Diaz-Duran
January 16, 2010

Historical Examples of tubal

Before the close of the scene Shylock and Tubal have been added to it.
Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist
Richard G. Moulton
Tubal Cain, the instructor of every artificer in brass and iron.
Mornings in Florence
John Ruskin
The common form of extrauterine pregnancy is the Tubal Pregnancy.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine
Austin Malley
It stated that Tubal settled in Spain and populated the country.
Southern Spain
A.F. Calvert
Jerry used to work in an iron-foundry; he's a regular Tubal Cain.
The American Missionary -- Volume 39, No. 10, October, 1885
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British Dictionary definitions for tubal

tubal

adjective

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

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tubal in Medicine

tubal

[tōō′bəl]

adj.

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

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