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‖ salpinx|ˈsælpɪŋks| [Gr. σάλπιγξ; in sense 2 used as mod.L.] 1. Antiq. An ancient Greek trumpet.
1865J. Hullah Transit. Period Mus. 118 The pipe of Pan, the lyre of Mercury, the salpinx [etc.]. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 592/2 The Roman tuba and the Greek salpinx are supposed to be one and the same instrument. 2. Anat. a. The Eustachian tube. b. The Fallopian tube.
1842Brande Dict. Sci., etc., Salpinx, the Eustachian tube, or channel of communication between the mouth and the ear. [In recent Dicts.] |