What does fistula mean?
Definitions for fistula
ˈfɪs tʃʊ lə; -ˌlifis·tu·la
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Princeton's WordNet
fistulous withers, fistulanoun
a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse
fistula, sinusnoun
an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
Wiktionary
fistulanoun
An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
fistulanoun
A tube, a pipe, or a hole.
Etymology: From fistula, from findo.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
FISTULAnoun
Etymology: Latin; fistule, French.
That fistula which is recent is the easiest of cure: those of a long continuance are accompanied with ulcerations of the gland and caries in the bone. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.
ChatGPT
fistula
A fistula is an abnormal connection or passageway that forms between two organs, vessels, or tissues within the body, or between an organ or vessel and the skin's surface. This can result from injury, surgery, or certain diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease. Fistulas can cause issues such as infection, pain, or incontinence.
Webster Dictionary
Fistulanoun
a reed; a pipe
Fistulanoun
a pipe for convejing water
Fistulanoun
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
Etymology: [L.]
Wikidata
Fistula
In medicine, a fistula is an abnormal connection or passageway between two epithelium-lined organs or vessels that normally do not connect. It is generally a disease condition, but a fistula may be surgically created for therapeutic reasons.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Fistula
fist′ū-la, 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. [L. fistula, a pipe.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Fistula
Abnormal communication most commonly seen between two internal organs, or between an internal organ and the surface of the body.
Entomology
Fistula
a slender tube: specifically applied to the channel formed by the union of the two parts of proboscis in Lepidoptera.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fistula in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fistula in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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