Definition of Tubal

1. Adjective. Of or relating to occurring in a tube such as e.g. the Fallopian tube or Eustachian tube. "Tubal pregnancy"

Partainyms: Tube
Derivative terms: Tube

Definition of Tubal

1. a. Of or pertaining to a tube; specifically, of or pertaining to one of the Fallopian tubes; as, tubal pregnancy.

Definition of Tubal

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a tube. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tubal

1. pertaining to a tube [adj]

Medical Definition of Tubal

1. Relating to a tube, especially the uterine tube. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tubal

tub of guts
tub of lard
tuba
tuba acustica
tuba auditiva
tuba auditoria
tuba eustachiana
tuba fallopiana
tuba root
tuba uterina
tubae
tubage
tubages
tubaist
tubaists
tubal (current term)
tubal abortion
tubal air cells
tubal branch
tubal branch of the tympanic plexus
tubal branch of the uterine artery
tubal cartilage
tubal colic
tubal dysmenorrhoea
tubal extremity of ovary
tubal folds of uterine tubes
tubal infantilism
tubal ligation
tubal pregnancy
tubal prominence

Literary usage of Tubal

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

1. The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (1912)
"... these words at him, watches the effect, then goes to tubal at R. Bassanio turns to Antonio, who is at his L. ... "Crosses back to tubal R. 136 ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1902)
"THIS monograph gives the results obtained in the anatomical study of 35 cases of tubal gestation. The author finds that the ovum lodges in the isthmus of ..."

3. Encyclopædia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary Political and by Thomas Kelly Cheyne, John Sutherland Black (1903)
"Arabian tubal? suspicion of having been manipulated by editors, who approached the already corrupt texts with most inaccurate preconceived opinions. ..."

4. Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography by William Smith, Horatio Balch Hackett, Ezra Abbot (1872)
"The three are again associated in the enumeration of the sources of the wealth of Tyre; Javan, tubal, and Meshech, brought slaves and copper vessels to the ..."

5. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"tubal pregnancy is most frequent in the left tube; ¡t sometimes complicates uterine pregnancy; rarely both tubes arc pregnant. ..."

6. Operative Gynecologic Laparoscopy: Principles and Techniques by Camran Nezhat (2000)
"Removal of a larger tube (a ruptured tubal pregnancy or hydrosalpinx) requires an ... tubal Anastomosis Successful tubal anastomosis depends on precise ..."

7. Diseases of Women by Emilius Clark Dudley (1899)
"tubal PREGNANCY. tubal, pregnancy includes all forms of gestation that originate outside of the uterine cavity. The old idea, that extra-uterine pregnancy ..."

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