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fistulous withers

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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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fistula 
"long, narrow ulcer," 1373, from L. fistula "pipe, ulcer," of uncertain origin.
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Main Entry: fistula
—see CASSIA FISTULA

Main Entry: fistulous withers
Function: noun plural but usually singular in construction
: a deep-seated chronic inflammation of the withers of the horse that dischargesseropurulent or bloody fluid through one or more openings and is prob. associated with infection by bacteria of the genus Brucella (especially B. abortus)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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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