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UTERINE TUBE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus

Synonyms:

Fallopian tube; oviduct; uterine tube

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("uterine tube" is a kind of...):

salpinx (a tube in the uterus or the ear)

female internal reproductive organ (the reproductive organs of a woman)

Holonyms ("uterine tube" is a part of...):

female reproductive system (the reproductive system of females)

uterus; womb (a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus)

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