fis·tu·la (f s ch -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 [ˈfɪstjʊlə]
n pl -las, -lae [-ˌliː]
1. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol an abnormal opening between one hollow organ and another or between a hollow organ and the surface of the skin, caused by ulceration, congenital malformation, etc.
2. Obsolete any musical wind instrument; a pipe
[from Latin: pipe, tube, hollow reed, ulcer]
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| Noun | 1. | fistula - a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse animal disease - a disease that typically does not affect human beings |
| 2. |  fistula - an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surfacepassageway, passage - a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass; "the nasal passages" |
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