fallopian Meaning, Definition & Usage

Fal*lo"pi*an adjective

Etymology

From Fallopius, or Fallopio, a physician of Modena, who died in 1562.

Definitions

1. (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.