Definitions

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  • noun Surgical repair of one or both fallopian tubes.

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  • noun surgery Surgery to repair one or both of the fallopian tubes.

Etymologies

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From tube + -plasty

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Examples

  • Taking its cue from still another cardiac treatment is a procedure known as “transcervical balloon tuboplasty,” a kind of “angioplasty” of the reproductive system.

    Getting Pregnant Niels H. Lauersen 2000

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