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noun, plural -las, -lae 
[-lee] .
[-lee] . 1.
Pathology. a narrow passage or duct formed by disease or injury, as one leading from an abscess to a free surface, or from one cavity to another.
2.
Surgery. an opening made into a hollow organ, as the bladder or eyeball, for drainage.
3.
Veterinary Pathology. any of various suppurative inflammations, as in the withers of a horse (fistulous withers), characterized by the formation of passages or sinuses through the tissues and to the surface of the skin.
4.
Obsolete. a pipe, as a flute.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: pipe, tube, fistula
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: pipe, tube, fistula
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Word Origin & History
fistula
"long, narrow ulcer," late 14c., from L. fistula "pipe, ulcer," of uncertain origin.
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Medical Dictionary
fistula fis·tu·la (fĭs'chə-lə)
n. pl. fis·tu·las or fis·tu·lae (-lē')
An abnormal passage from a hollow organ to the body surface, or from one organ to another.
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