Author: Glossary

For a test, accomplished without an endoscope.  

Surgical removal of all or part of a tube, especially the fallopian tube. The surgical removal of a segment of the Fallopian tube.  

The twisting of an oviduct.  

The movement of endometrial, tubal, or uterine tissue into the peritoneal cavity.  

Any abnormality of the fallopian tubes that produces infertility.  

A device inserted into the common bile duct, most often following cholecystectomy and bile duct exploration. It has two main purposes: to allow drainage of bile, and to introduce media, when needed for postoperative biliary imaging (T-tube cholangiogram). On occasion (e.g., in distal duct obstruction due to cancer or when cholangioenterostomy is performed), the tube…

The presence of excessive levels of tryptophan in the urine.  

An enzyme that catalyzes the splitting of tryptophan into indole, pyruvic acid, and ammonia.  

A peptide produced by the action of trypsin on a protein. Any peptone created through the activity of trypsin.  

The hydrolysis of proteins or their derivatives by trypsin.