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SALPINX
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Irregular inflected form: salpinges
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tube in the uterus or the ear
Classified under:
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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