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fistula
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fis·tu·la  (fsch-l)
n. pl. fis·tu·las or fis·tu·lae (-l)
An abnormal duct or passage resulting from injury, disease, or a congenital disorder that connects an abscess, cavity, or hollow organ to the body surface or to another hollow organ.
[Middle English, from Latin.]
fistula [fist-yew-la]
Noun
Pathol a long narrow ulcer [Latin: tube, ulcer]
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Noun1.fistula - a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse
fistulous withers
animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings
2.fistulafistula - an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
sinus
passageway, passage - a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages"
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Fistulas form when the mesenchyme separating the cleft and pouch involutes and the cleft and pouch unite.
A third branchial pouch cyst presenting as a lateral neck mass in an ... by Spiegel, Joseph R. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Critical issues are the high prevalence of HIV/AIDS among young people; childbearing by young girls, which can lead to obstetric fistulas and death of the mother; and child marriage.
Health consequences of child marriage in Africa by Nour, Nawal M. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
It is also effective for irritations from perspiration, wound drainange, fecal and vaginal fistulas, and feeding-tube site leakage.
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