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Fallopius

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Noun1.Fallopius - Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562)
Fallopio, Gabriele Fallopius, Gabriello Fallopio
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16th century Italian anatomist Gabriel Fallopius gave his name to the fallopian tubes in which eggs travel from the ovary to the uterus.
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