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FALLOPIO
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• FALLOPIO (noun)
The noun FALLOPIO has 1 sense:
1. Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562)
Familiarity information: FALLOPIO used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Fallopio; Fallopius; Gabriele Fallopius; Gabriello Fallopio
Instance hypernyms:
anatomist (an expert in anatomy)
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"A good chief gives, he does not take." (Native American proverb, Mohawk)
"Lying is the disease and truth is the cure" (Arabic proverb)
"He who digs a pit for another falls into it himself." (Czech proverb)