fallopian tube

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fallopian tube

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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fal·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 输卵管

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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

fal·lo·pi·an tube nounChineseSyllable

tubes a the two in Corpus one of

fallopian tube
fal‧lo‧pi‧an tube /fəˌləʊpiən ˈtjuːb $ fəˈloʊpiən tuːb/

noun [countable] medical

Date: 1700-1800
Origin: Gabriel Fallopius (1523-62), Italian scientist who studied the structure of bodies

one of the two tubes in a female through which eggs move to the uterus

fal·lo·pian tube

BrE

/fəˌləʊpiən ˈtjuːb/

NAmE

/fəˈloʊpiən tuːb/

noun

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anatomy 解剖学

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one of the two tubes in the body of a woman or female animal along which eggs pass from the ovaries to the

输卵管