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Fallopian tube Definition


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Fallopian tube
noun
    1. anatomy.zool.
      In female mammals: either of the two long slender tubes through which the egg cells pass from either of the ovaries to the uterus.
Etymology: 18c: named after G Fallopius (1523‐62), the Italian anatomist who is reputed to have discovered them.



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