fal·lo·pi·an tube

also Fal·lo·pi·an tube (fə-lō′pē-ən)

Either of a pair of slender ducts through which ova pass from the ovary to the uterus in the female reproductive system of humans and other mammals.

[After Gabriele Fallopio (1523-1562), Italian anatomist.]

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Fallopian tube

(fəˈləʊpɪən)

(Gynaecology & Obstetrics) either of a pair of slender tubes through which ova pass from the ovaries to the uterus in female mammals. See oviduct

[C18: named after Gabriello Fallopio (1523–62), Italian anatomist who first described the tubes]

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fal•lo′pi•an

(or Fal•lo′pi•an) tube`

(fəˈloʊ pi ən)
n.

either of a pair of long slender ducts in the female abdomen that transport ova from the ovary to the uterus and in fertilization transport sperm cells from the uterus to the released ova.

[1700–10; after Gabriello Fallopio (1523–62), Italian anatomist; see -ian]

fal·lo·pi·an tube

(fə-lō′pē-ən)

Either of a pair of tubes found in female mammals that carry egg cells from the ovaries to the uterus.

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

Fallopian tube - either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus

oviduct, uterine tube

salpinx - a tube in the uterus or the ear

female reproductive system - the reproductive system of females

female internal reproductive organ - the reproductive organs of a woman

uterus, womb - a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus

Translations

Fallopian tube

[fəˌləʊpɪənˈtjuːb] N → trompa f de Falopio

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Fallopian tube

n → Eileiter m

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fallopian tube

[fəˈləʊpɪənˈtjuːb] n (Anat) → tuba di Fallopio

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PRGN-3005 UltraCAR-T is an autologous chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy manufactured using non-viral gene delivery and is under investigation for the treatment of patients with advanced, recurrent platinum resistant ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer.

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naturally is calling for lessons to be learned after a hospital removed the wrong fallopian tube during surgery to treat her ectopic pregnancy.

Surgery left woman unable to have children

A woman left unable to have children naturally is calling for lessons to be learned after a hospital removed the wrong fallopian tube during surgery to treat her ectopic pregnancy.

Surgery left woman unable to have any more children

The fastest sperm can get to a Fallopian tube in about 30 minutes, meaning the earliest that conception could occur following sex is in the half-hour range.

DO YOU KNOW: How an egg gets fertilised? DR MIRIAM STOPPARD; Helping to keep you fit and healthy

Fallopian tube recanalization, on the other hand, is enabling interventional radiologists to treat even the most complicated blockages in the fallopian tubes, helping them attain success in many infertility cases.

Recanalization System Market Expected to Deliver Dynamic Progression until 2028

Current literature suggests that many high-grade serous carcinomas develop from the distal aspect of the fallopian tube and that serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma is likely the precursor.

Can prophylactic salpingectomies be achieved with the vaginal approach?

In an interview, he said ectopic pregnancy occured when the embryo (fertilised egg) attached itself somewhere other than the uterus such as in one fallopian tube, abdominal cavity or cervix.

Mpitika explains ectopic pregnancy

- The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Lynparza for use as maintenance treatment of adult patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline or somatic BRCA-mutated (gBRCAm or sBRCAm) advanced epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer who are in complete or partial response to 1st-line platinum-based chemotherapy, Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca (OTC: AZNCF) and US-based Merck and Co., Inc., (NYSE: MRK) said.

Lynparza Approved by US FDA for First-Line Maintenance Therapy in BRCA-mutated Advanced Ovarian Cancer

Objective: To study the effect of diltiazem on monosodium glutamate induced histomorphological changes in the fallopian tube.

AMELIORATIVE EFFECT OF DILTIAZEM ON THE MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE TREATED STROMA OF FALLOPIAN TUBE AND SERUM ESTROGEN LEVELS

In the past decade, advances in histopathology and genetics have resulted in a paradigm shift wherein ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal carcinomas are considered a spectrum of disease originating from the Mullerian compartment rather than separate entities [1].

Solitary CNS Metastasis on Initial Presentation of High Grade Serous Carcinoma of the Fallopian Tube

For example, the gene expression profiles of HGSCs are more similar to fallopian tube epithelium (FTE) than to the ovarian surface epithelium.

Serous Tubal Intraepithelial Carcinoma or Not? Metastases to Fallopian Tube Mucosa Can Masquerade as In Situ Lesions