tubocornualadj.
/tjuːbəʊˈkɔːnjuːəl/ Gynaecology.
Pertaining to both the Fallopian tubes and the cornua; spec. used to designate an operation to reconnect a severed or occluded Fallopian tube.The German equivalent is not found in Zentbl. Gynäk. (1963) 85 393ff. (see quot. 1977).
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1977 Lancet 5 Feb. 285/1 Tubocornual anastomosis was first described [in German] by Ehrler in 1963.
1980 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Med. 73 42 Tubocornual reanastomosis.
1990 Baillière's Clin. Obstetr. & Gynaecol. III. 607 In some instances, like a tubocornual block, only salpingoscopy can provide additional information.
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