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fis⋅tu⋅la

  [fis-choo-luh]
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–noun, plural -las, -lae  [-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; ME < L: pipe, tube, fistula
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fis·tu·la   (fĭs'chə-lə)   
n.   pl. fis·tu·las or fis·tu·lae (-lē')
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.]
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fistula 
"long, narrow ulcer," 1373, from L. fistula "pipe, ulcer," of uncertain origin.
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Main Entry: fis·tu·la
Pronunciation: 'fis(h)-ch&-l&, Brit also 'fis-tyu-l&
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural fis·tu·las or fis·tu·lae /-lE also -lI/
1 : an abnormal passage leading from an abscess or hollow organ to thebody surface or from one hollow organ to another and permitting passage of fluids or secretions fistula to obtain gastric juice from the dog>
2 : FISTULOUS WITHERS

Main Entry: fistula
—see CASSIA FISTULA
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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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