Fallopian \Fal*lo"pi*an\, a. [From Fallopius, or Fallopio, a
physician of Modena, who died in 1562.]
(Anat.)
Pertaining to, or discovered by, Fallopius; as, the Fallopian
tubes or oviducts, the ducts or canals which conduct the ova
from the ovaries to the uterus.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |