Definition of Salpinx

1. Noun. A tube in the uterus or the ear.


Definition of Salpinx

1. n. The Eustachian tube, or the Fallopian tube.

Definition of Salpinx

1. Noun. (context: anatomy) Fallopian tube ¹

2. Noun. (context: anatomy) Eustachian tube ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Salpinx

1. an anatomical tube [n -PINGES]

Medical Definition of Salpinx

1. The Eustachian tube, or the Fallopian tube. Origin: NL, from Gr, a trumpet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Salpinx

salpingopalatine fold
salpingoperitonitis
salpingopexy
salpingopharyngeal
salpingopharyngeal fold
salpingopharyngeal muscle
salpingopharyngei
salpingopharyngeus
salpingoplasty
salpingorrhagia
salpingorrhaphy
salpingoscopy
salpingostomatomy
salpingostomy
salpingotomy
salpinx (current term)
salpinx uterina
salpinxes
salps
salpæ
sals
salsa
salsaed
salsafies
salsafy
salsaing
salsalate
salsalike
salsamentarious
salsas

Literary usage of Salpinx

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Theodore Gaillard Thomas (1891)
"We have removed a hemato-salpinx which was even larger than that. [See Fig. 32:1. PFM] Pyo-salpinx sacs seldom exceed the size of a small sausage or a ..."

2. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1889)
"The author could not fix upon any symptom as pathognomonic of pyo-salpinx—in his experience many of the symptoms regarded bv others as peculiar to the ..."

3. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Women by John Thorburn (1885)
"DISEASES OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBES. Congenital Abnormalites, Morbid Growth* Undue Patency. Constriction. Inflammation, Acute and Chronic. Abscess (Pyo-salpinx) ..."

4. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Women by Theodore Gaillard Thomas (1891)
"We have removed a hemato-salpinx which was even larger than that. [See Fig. 32:1. PFM] Pyo-salpinx sacs seldom exceed the size of a small sausage or a ..."

5. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1889)
"The author could not fix upon any symptom as pathognomonic of pyo-salpinx—in his experience many of the symptoms regarded bv others as peculiar to the ..."

6. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of Women by John Thorburn (1885)
"DISEASES OF THE FALLOPIAN TUBES. Congenital Abnormalites, Morbid Growth* Undue Patency. Constriction. Inflammation, Acute and Chronic. Abscess (Pyo-salpinx) ..."

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