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- adjective anatomy Discovered (reputedly) by Fallopius (mainly as in
Fallopian tube )
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When the ovum is matured, it escapes from the ovary into the narrow tube referred to, called the Fallopian tube, and passes down into the cavity of the uterus.
Plain facts for old and young : embracing the natural history and hygiene of organic life. 1877
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A male couple — Barrie and Tony from Chelmsford, England — can choose to conceive and both be registered as the biological fathers of their children not so much on the technical grounds that they had “co-mingled” their sperm before shipping it out to their Fallopian time-share in California but out of a more basic sympathy that this is how Barrie and Tony “self-identify” and it would be cruel to deny them.
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Exercise: Fallopian Tube Energy Reflected in Your Life 1. Reflection: Notice the essential partnerships or creative collaborations you have made.
Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011
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Exercise: Fallopian Tube Energy Reflected in Your Life 1. Reflection: Notice the essential partnerships or creative collaborations you have made.
Wild Feminine Tami Lynn Kent 2011
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The principle that sustains compulsory vaccination is broad enough to cover cutting the Fallopian tubes.
Norms and Institutions, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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A fertilized egg may also implant outside the uterus, particularly in a Fallopian tube.
Edward Corcoran: When Is a Person? Edward Corcoran 2011
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A male couple — Barrie and Tony from Chelmsford, England — can choose to conceive and both be registered as the biological fathers of their children not so much on the technical grounds that they had “co-mingled” their sperm before shipping it out to their Fallopian time-share in California but out of a more basic sympathy that this is how Barrie and Tony “self-identify” and it would be cruel to deny them.
ProWomanProLife » Mark Steyn on the “freedom to choose” 2009
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A fertilized egg may also implant outside the uterus, particularly in a Fallopian tube.
Edward Corcoran: When Is a Person? Edward Corcoran 2011
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Artificial insemination, the “turkey baster” approach, frightened us because at the time of insemination, no one can control or predict how many drug-stimulated eggs will be traveling down the Fallopian tubes and available for fertilization.
Misconception Paul 2010
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I had routine blood work done, and had a hysterosalpingogram—a procedure in which dye is injected into the Fallopian tubes and an X-ray is performed while the dye is “clamped” inside.
Misconception Paul 2010
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