tubal

[ too-buh l, tyoo- ]

/ ˈtu bəl, ˈtyu- /

pertaining to a tube, as a Fallopian tube.

Origin of tubal

First recorded in 1725–35; tube + -al¹

I was on birth control pills for years, and when I got my OBGYN to agree to it- I got a tubal ligation.

Why I Choose to Be Child-Free: Readers Share Their Stories |Harry Siegel |February 27, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Tubal ligation is used by about the same number of women but is much less easy to undo.

How Over-the-Counter Birth Control Could Screw You |Kent Sepkowitz |November 24, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
What she now thinks they were talking about was a tubal ligation.

Sterilized for Being Poor? |Constantino Diaz-Duran |January 16, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Salarino and Solanio leave the stage awed almost to breathlessness, and Tubal enters.

Shakespeare in the Theatre |William Poel

Sidon opens her gates, and receives a new prince, Ithobal (Tubal), at the hands of Sennacherib.

The History of Antiquity, Vol. III (of VI) |Max Duncker
The first figure in the representation of the quadrivium is Music, with Tubal Cain beneath.

Old English Libraries |Ernest Savage
All Spanish cities were founded by Hercules, except a few which had been previously founded by Tubal.

Northern Spain |Edgar T. A. Wigram
The world had to wait a weary time for its wheels, simply because the successors of Tubal and Jubal took something for granted.

The World on Wheels and Other Sketches |Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) Taylor

tubal

/ (ˈtjuːbəl) /

of or relating to a tube

of, relating to, or developing in a Fallopian tube a tubal pregnancy

tubal

[ tōō′bəl ]

Of, relating to, or occurring in a tube, such as the fallopian tube or the eustachian tube.