salpinx

Borrowed from New Latin salpinx.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæl.pɪŋks/
• Rhymes: -ælpɪŋks

salpinx (plural salpinges or salpinxes)

1. (anatomy) A trumpet-shaped tube.
   1. (anatomy) A Fallopian tube.
   2. (anatomy) A Eustachian tube.

• salpingeal
• salpingian
• salpingopharyngeus

• “salpinx”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σᾰ́λπῐγξ (sálpinx, “a war-trumpet”).

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsal.pinks/, [ˈsälpiŋks]

salpinx f (genitive salpingis); third declension (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) salpinx; either the Fallopian tube of females or the Eustachian tube

Third-declension noun.

• salpingopharyngeus

• → English: salpinx