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SALPINX (salpinges)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does salpinx mean?
• SALPINX (noun)
The noun SALPINX has 1 sense:
1. a tube in the uterus or the ear
Familiarity information: SALPINX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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