salping-

Variant of salpingo-

salpingo- definition

salpingo·- (sal piŋ′gō′)

  1. fallopian tube salpingectomy
  2. eustachian tube salpingitis
Also, before a vowel, salping- salping′·-

Etymology: ModL < Gr salpingos, gen. of salpinx, a trumpet

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