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fistula
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun fistula has 2 senses
- fistula(n = noun.state) fistulous withers - a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse; Array is a kind of animal disease
- fistula(n = noun.body) sinus - an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface; Array is a kind of passage, passageway
Derived forms adjective fistular1, adjective fistulous1
CIDE DICTIONARY
fistula, n. [L.].
- A reed; a pipe. [1913 Webster]
- A pipe for convejing water. Knight. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
fistula, n. (pl. fistulas or fistulae)
1 an abnormal or surgically made passage between a hollow organ and the body surface or between two hollow organs.
2 a natural pipe or spout in whales, insects, etc.
1 an abnormal or surgically made passage between a hollow organ and the body surface or between two hollow organs.
2 a natural pipe or spout in whales, insects, etc.
Derivative
fistular adj. fistulous adj.
Etymology
L, = pipe, flute
ROGET THESAURUS
fistula
Opening
N opening, hole, foramen, puncture, perforation, fontanel, transforation, pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole, eye of a needle, eyelet, slot, opening, aperture, apertness, hiation, yawning, oscitancy, dehiscence, patefaction, pandiculation, chasm, embrasure, window, casement, abatjour, light, sky light, fan light, lattice, bay window, bow window, oriel, dormer, lantern, outlet, inlet, vent, vomitory, embouchure, orifice, mouth, sucker, muzzle, throat, gullet, weasand, wizen, nozzle, placket, portal, porch, gate, ostiary, postern, wicket, trapdoor, hatch, door, arcade, cellarway, driveway, gateway, doorway, hatchway, gangway, lich gate, way, path, thoroughfare, channel, passage, passageway, tube, pipe, water pipe, air pipe, vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula, adjutage, ajutage, ostium, smokestack, chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main, mine, pit, adit, shaft, gallery, alley, aisle, glade, vista, bore, caliber, pore, blind orifice, fulgurite, thundertube, porousness, porosity, sieve, cullender, colander, cribble, riddle, screen, honeycomb, apertion, perforation, piercing, terebration, empalement, pertusion, puncture, acupuncture, penetration, key, opener, master key, password, combination, passe- partout, open, perforated, perforate, wide open, ajar, unclosed, unstopped, oscitant, gaping, yawning, patent, tubular, cannular, fistulous, pervious, permeable, foraminous, vesicular, vasicular, porous, follicular, cribriform, honeycombed, infundibular, riddled, tubulous, tubulated, piped, tubate, opening, aperient, Int, open sesame!.
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