SALPINX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: salpinges   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A tube in the uterus or the ear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("salpinx" is a kind of...):

tube; tube-shaped structure ((anatomy) any hollow cylindrical body structure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "salpinx"):

auditory tube; Eustachian tube (either of the paired tubes connecting the middle ears to the nasopharynx; equalizes air pressure on the two sides of the eardrum)

Fallopian tube; oviduct; uterine tube (either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus)

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