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FALLOPIAN TUBES

Volume 7 · 61 words · 1797 Edition

in anatomy, two ducts arising from the womb, one on each side of the fundus, and thence extended to the ovaries, having a considerable share in conception. They are called tubes, from their form, which bears some resemblance to a trumpet; and their denomination, Fallopian, they take from Gabriel Fallopius, mentioned in the next article.

See ANATOMY, p. 740, col. 2.