fallopio

1. 1.

   Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562)

   SynonymsFallopiusGabriele FallopiusGabriello Fallopio

   Broaderanatomist

Other forms of fallopio

plural

fallopios·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fallopio

What does fallopio mean?

fallopio means "Italian anatomist who first described the Fallopian tubes (1523-1562)".

How many syllables are in fallopio?

fallopio has 4 syllables: fal-lo-pi-o. The stress falls on "lo".

What is another word for fallopio?

Close synonyms include Fallopius, Gabriele Fallopius, Gabriello Fallopio. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fallopio a common word?

fallopio is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.