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<anatomy> Pertaining to, or discovered by, Gabriele Falloppio; as, the Fallopian tubes or oviducts, the ducts or canals which conduct the ova from the ovaries to the uterus.
Origin: From Fallopius, or Falloppio, a physician of Modena, who died in 1562.
(01 Mar 2009)
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