salping-

combining form

variants or salpingo-

1

: salpinx

salpingectomy

salpingemphraxis

salpingitis

2

: fallopian tube

salpingotomy

salpingorrhaphy

3

a

: fallopian tube and

salpingo-oophorectomy

salpingo-uterostomy

b

: eustachian and

salpingonasal

salpingopalatine

salpingopharyngeal

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from salping-, salpinx

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