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Definitions for Fistula
[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.
[5] pathol an abnormal opening between one hollow organ and another or between a hollow organ and the surface of the skin, caused by ulceration, congenital malformation, etc
[6] obsolete any musical wind instrument; a pipe
Words nearby Fistula
fistic, fisticuff, fisticuffs, fistmele, fistnote, fistula, fistulation, fistulectomy, fistulize, fistulotomy, fistulous
Origin of Fistula
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: pipe, tube, fistula
Word origin for Fistula
C14: from Latin: pipe, tube, hollow reed, ulcer