From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishfallopian tubefal‧lo‧pi‧an tube /fəˌləʊpiən ˈtjuːb $ fəˈloʊpiən tuːb/ noun [countable] medical HBAone of the two tubes in a female through which eggs move to the uterus
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fallopian tube• As this happens, the fertilised egg is carried down the fallopian tube into the uterus.Origin fallopian tube (1700-1800) Gabriel Fallopius (1523-62), Italian scientist who studied the structure of bodies 