Fistula

[fistjulә]

Definition

(noun.) an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface.

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Definition

(n.) A reed; a pipe.

(n.) A pipe for convejing water.

(n.) A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface; as, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula.

Typist: Preston

Definition

n. a narrow passage or duct: the tube through which the wine of the eucharist was once sucked from the chalice—also Calamus.—adjs. Fist′ular hollow like a pipe; Fist′ulate -d hollowed like a fistula.—v.i. Fist′ulate to assume such a form.—adjs. Fist′uliform; Fist′ulose Fist′ulous of the form of a fistula.

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