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Webster 1913 Edition


Oviduct

O′vi-duct

,
Noun.
[
Ov
um +
duct
: cf. F.
oviducte
.]
(Anat.)
A tube, or duct, for the passage of ova from the ovary to the exterior of the animal or to the part where further development takes place. In mammals the oviducts are also called
Fallopian tubes
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Oviduct

O'VIDUCT

,
Noun.
[L. ovum, an egg, and ductus, a duct.]
In animals, a passage for the egg from the ovary to the womb, or a passage which conveys the egg from the ovary.

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oviduct

oviduct

English

Noun

oviduct (plural oviducts)

  1. (anatomy) A duct through which an ovum passes from an ovary to the uterus or to the exterior.

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