Fal-lō'pi-an, a.

a. [From Fallopius, or Fallopio, a physician of Modena, who died in 1562, and who was the discoverer of these tubes.] (Anat.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Fallopius; — applied to two ducts or canals floating in the abdomen, and extending from the upper angles of the womb to the pelvis, usually called the Fallopian tubes.

Dunglison.