UTERINE TUBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does uterine tube mean? 

• UTERINE TUBE (noun)
  The noun UTERINE TUBE has 1 sense:

1. either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus

  Familiarity information: UTERINE TUBE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UTERINE TUBE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Either of a pair of tubes conducting the egg from the ovary to the uterus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

Fallopian tube; oviduct; uterine tube

Hypernyms ("uterine tube" is a kind of...):

salpinx (a tube in the uterus or the ear)

female internal reproductive organ (the reproductive organs of a woman)

Holonyms ("uterine tube" is a part of...):

female reproductive system (the reproductive system of females)

uterus; womb (a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus)

 Context examples 

Either of two arteries (right or left) that arise from the aorta to supply the corresponding ovary, ovarian ligament, uterine tube and ureter.

(Ovarian Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The upper rounded portion of the uterus, opposite the os, is the fundus, at each extremity of which is the horn marking the part where the uterine tube joins the uterus and through which the ovum reaches the uterine cavity after leaving the ovary.

(Murine Corpus Uteri, NCI Thesaurus)