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Fallopian tube
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fallopian tube
English
Alternative forms
en fallopian tube
Etymology
Early 18th century, from en Fallopius an Latinized form of the name of Gabriele Falloppio (1523 – October 9, 1562), the Italian anatomist and physician who first described them + en tube.
thumb|Illustration of the fallopian tube and ovary.
Pronunciation
en /fəˈlɔːpi.ən tuːb/ [fəˈlɔʊːpi.ən tʰʊwb] GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Fallopian tube.wav Southern England
Noun
en anatomy Either of the two ducts through which ova pass from the ovaries to the uterus.
Synonyms
en gonaduct
en oviduct
en salpinx
en uterine tube
Hypernyms
Müllerian duct - embryological precursor
en internal genitalia
Translations
duct
Arabic: ar قَنَاةُ الرَّحِمِ f
Egyptian Arabic: arz قناة فالوب f qanāt fālūb
Armenian: hy արգանդափող, hy ֆալոպյան փող, hy ձվատար
Catalan: ca trompa de Fal·lopi f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 輸卵管 shūluǎnguǎn
Czech: cs vejcovod m
Danish: da æggeleder
Dutch: nl eileider m
Esperanto: eo ovodukto
Finnish: fi munanjohdin, fi munatorvi
French: fr trompe de Fallope f, fr oviducte m
Galician: gl trompa de Falopio f
German: de Eileiter m, de Ovidukt m
Greek: el σάλπιγγα f
Ancient Greek: grc πλεκτάνη f
Hebrew: he חֲצוֹצְרָה f ẖatzotzrá
Hindi: hi गर्भनली f
Hungarian: hu petevezeték, hu méhkürt
Icelandic: is eggrás f, is eggjagöng n-p, is legpípa f, is eggjaleiðari m
Inuktitut: iu ᐃᒡᓕᐊᑉ ᐊᑦᑐᖏᖓ
Italian: it tuba di Falloppio f
Japanese: ja 輸卵管 ゆらんかん, yurankan, ja 卵管 らんかん, rankan, ja らっぱ管 らっぱかん, rappakan
Kazakh: kk жұмыртқа жолы
Korean: ko 나팔관, ko 난관(卵管), ko 자궁관
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr coga hêkê f, kmr coga Falloppio f
Latvian: lv olvads m
Māori: mi pūkano, mi pūkākano
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb eggleder m
Polish: pl jajowód m
Portuguese: pt tuba uterina f, pt trompa de falópio f
Romanian: ro oviduct n, ro trompă uterină f
Russian: ru фалло́пиева труба́ f, ru ма́точная труба́ f, ru яйцево́д m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh јајовод m
Latin: sh jajovod m
Slovak: sk vajíčkovod m
Spanish: es trompa de Falopio f
Swahili: sw futuza, sw mrija wa uzazi
Swedish: sv äggledare
Tagalog: tl anurang-itlog
Thai: th ท่อนำไข่ tôr nam kài
Turkish: tr fallopi tüpü, tr fallop tüpü
Ukrainian: uk яйцепрові́д m
Vietnamese: vi noan quản (vi 卵管)
Volapük: vo nögameat
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