meaning of fistula
1. A reed; a pipe.
2. A pipe for convejing water.
3. 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.
4. an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
Related Words
fistula | fistulae | fistular | fistularia | fistulariidae | fistularioid | fistulate |
