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fallopian tube

fal·lo·pi·an tube [ fə lpee ən tb ] (plural fal·lo·pi·an tubes) or Fal·lo·pi·an tube [ fə lpee ən tb ] (plural Fal·lo·pi·an tubes)


noun 
Definition:
 
tube through which mammal's eggs pass: either of two narrow tubes through which a female mammal's eggs pass from either of the ovaries to the womb

[Early 18th century. After Gabriello Fallopio (1523-1562), Italian anatomist]
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