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cannula or canula (ˈkænjʊlə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -las, -lae | |
| surgery a narrow tube for insertion into a bodily cavity, as for draining off fluid, introducing medication, etc | |
| [C17: from Latin: a small reed, from canna a reed] | |
| canula or canula (ˈkænjʊlə, -ˌliː) | |
| —n | |
| [C17: from Latin: a small reed, from canna a reed] | |
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Cannula
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Word Origin & History
cannula
1680s, from L. cannula "small reed or pipe," dim. of canna "reed, pipe."
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Medical Dictionary
cannula can·nu·la or can·u·la (kān'yə-lə)
n. pl. can·nu·las or can·nu·lae (-lē')
A flexible tube, usually containing a trocar at one end, that is inserted into a bodily cavity, duct, or vessel to drain fluid or administer a substance such as a medication.
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Example sentences
Through the vein they threaded a tube called a cannula into the right atrium, an upper chamber inside my heart.
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