Canula


cannula.
a metal tube for insertion into the body to draw off fluid or to introduce medication.
Historical Examples

A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) Various
Elementary Zoology, Second Edition Vernon L. Kellogg
Zoonomia, Vol. II Erasmus Darwin
History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Peter Charles Remondino
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery Joseph Bell
Report on Surgery to the Santa Clara County Medical Society Joseph Bradford Cox
A Manual of the Operations of Surgery Joseph Bell
Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Robert Jennings
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) Various
Clovers and How to Grow Them Thomas Shaw

noun (pl) -las, -lae (-ˌliː)
(surgery) a variant spelling of cannula
noun (pl) -las, -lae (-ˌliː)
(surgery) a narrow tube for insertion into a bodily cavity, as for draining off fluid, introducing medication, etc
n.

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