: of, relating to, or involving a tube and especially a fallopian tube
tubal infection
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebCarrying tubal pregnancies to term is nearly impossible because a fertilized egg won’t survive long attached to locations outside the uterus. Amy Alspaugh, The Conversation, 7 June 2022 That means, for example, that the standard of care applicable to tubal ligations, which is that they should be performed as part of the same procedure as a Caesarian section, can’t be met at Catholic hospitals. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2022 In the days following the US Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling, clinics began to report a surge in people requesting tubal ligations—more commonly known as getting one’s tubes tied.Wired, 7 July 2022 Rosenfeld eventually joined the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, becoming a specialist in tubal reversal, and, in the early eighties, taking charge of the clinic in the center of town. Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 June 2022 This shifting gender pattern resulted from a rising concern about the fitness to parent, with a focus on mothering, as well as the development of a safer, standardized tubal-ligation procedure for sterilizing women.New York Times, 8 June 2022 One indication of the reluctance among men to take on primary responsibility for contraception is the unpopularity of vasectomies compared to tubal ligations. Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 30 Mar. 2022 Because tubal ligations are permanent, invasive procedures, researchers wanted to look at their safety and effectiveness as compared to longer-lasting devices like IUDs. Korin Miller, Health.com, 1 Mar. 2022 The Center for Investigative Reporting, the California State Auditor, and other investigators uncovered dozens of instances of tubal ligations, hysterectomies and oophorectomies (ovary removals) performed without consent up until 2010. Carolyn Said, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1736, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing tubal
tubal pregnancy
tubal ligation
tubal pregnancy
tubal ligation
Medical Definition
tubal
adjective
tub·al ˈt(y)ü-bəl
: of, relating to, or involving a tube and especially a fallopian tube