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fistula |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fistula \Fis"tu*la\ (?; 135), n.; pl {Fistul[ae]}. [L.] 1. A reed; a pipe. 2. A pipe for convejing water. [Obs.] --Knight. 3. (Med.) 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. {Incomplete fistula} (Med.), a fistula open at one end only. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fistula n : an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface [syn: {sinus}]
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