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Definition: Fistula |
FistulaNoun1. An abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "fistula" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Etymology: Fistula \Fis"tu*la\, noun; plural Fistul[ae]. [Latin expression]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Botanical | An abnormal passage between two internal organs. Treated with Thespesia. (references) |
Health | Abnormal communication most commonly seen between two internal organs, or between an internal organ and the surface of the body. (references) |
Medicine | An abnormal passage from one hollow structure of the body to another, or from a hollow structure to the surface, formed by an abscess, diesease process, incomplete closure of a wound, or by a congenital anomaly. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In medicine, a fistula is an abnormal channel that creates an open passageway between two bodily structures that do not normally connect.
See also
- Anastomosis
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Fistula."
Synonym: FistulaSynonym: sinus (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Opening | Way, path; thoroughfare; channel; passage, passageway; tube, pipe; water pipe; air pipe; vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula; adjutage, ajutage; ostium; smokestack; chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main; mine, pit, adit, shaft; gallery. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Fistula |
| English words defined with "fistula": Fistulae, Fistule, Fistulose ♦ Incomplete fistula ♦ Pudding pipe ♦ Quittor ♦ Syringotomy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "fistula": Arteriovenous Anastomosis ♦ corneal fistula, Coronary Vessel Anomalies ♦ DIALYSIS TECHNICIAN ♦ Emajaguilla, Esophageal Atresia, EYE-SORE ♦ hemodialysis technicia ♦ Octreotide, Oroantral Fistula ♦ Salivary Gland Fistula ♦ VATER. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "fistula": Trifistulary. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Fistula" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (barrel, channel, fester, fistula, pipe, shepherd's pipe, tube, ulcer, waterpipe), Serbo-Croatian (fistula). |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | If they heal that way, a fistula forms. (references) | |
The two main types of access are a fistula and a graft. (references) | ||
The most common type of fistula occurs between the bladder and the colon. (references) | ||
Children | Ethiopia | Treatment is available at only 1 hospital in Addis Ababa that performs over 1,000 fistula operations a year. (references) |
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| "Fistula" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Fistula" is used about 42 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 42 | 52,864 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "fistula": Anal Fistula ♦ Arterio-Arterial Fistula ♦ Arteriovenous Fistula ♦ Biliary Fistula ♦ Bladder Fistula ♦ Bronchial Fistula ♦ Carotid-Cavernous Sinus Fistula ♦ Cassia Fistula ♦ corneal fistula ♦ Cutaneous Fistula ♦ Dental Fistula ♦ Digestive System Fistula ♦ Esophageal Fistula ♦ fistula in ano ♦ Gastric Fistula ♦ Incomplete fistula ♦ Intestinal Fistula ♦ Oral Fistula ♦ Oroantral Fistula ♦ Pancreatic Fistula ♦ Rectal Fistula ♦ Rectovaginal Fistula ♦ Respiratory Tract Fistula ♦ salivary fistula ♦ Salivary Gland Fistula ♦ Thiry fistula ♦ Tracheoesophageal Fistula ♦ Urinary Fistula ♦ Vaginal Fistula ♦ Vascular Fistula ♦ Vesicovaginal Fistula. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "fistula": fistula-suffering. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "fistula"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | fistul, tub (conduit, duct, pipe, pole, tube, tubing), gyp (canal, channel, chimney, conduit, duct, funnel, pipe, stack, trumpet, tube, vent). (various references) | |
Arabic | ناسور. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | фистула (syrinx), дихателна тръба (pipe), дихателен отвор (spiracle). (various references) | |
Chinese | 瘺 (sinus), 瘘 (Fistulae). (various references) | |
Czech | fistule. (various references) | |
Danish | fistel (syrinx). (various references) | |
Dutch | fistel. (various references) | |
Finnish | fisteli, avanne. (various references) | |
French | fistule. (various references) | |
German | fistel. (various references) | |
Greek | συρίγγιοσ, συρίγγιο. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מורס" (abscess), פסטול", בתר (cleft, disruption, piece). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fekély (abscess, chancre, fester, pustule, ulcer). (various references) | |
Italian | fistola (panpipe). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 裂" (anal fistula), "瘻 (anal fistula). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | きれじ (anal fistula, bleeding hemorrhoids, cloth, fabric), じろう (anal fistula, ear discharge, earwax). (various references) | |
Manx | sheane (cyst, sebacious cyst). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | istulafay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fístula (sinus). (various references) | |
Romanian | fistulã. (various references) | |
Russian | свищ (knothole, sinus), фистула. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | fistula. (various references) | |
Spanish | fístula. (various references) | |
Swedish | fistel. (various references) | |
Turkish | fistül (syrinx), akarca, çıban (abscess, blain, boil, gathering, swelling). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | фістула. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | fistula. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Song of Solomon Chapter 4, Verse 14 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | NardoV kai krokoV kalamoV kai kinnamwmon meta pantwn xulwn tou libanou smurna alwq meta pantwn prwtwn murwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nardus et crocus fistula et cinnamomum cum universis lignis Libani murra et aloe cum omnibus primis unguentis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And narde, and safrun, fistula, and canel, with alle the trees of Liban, myrre, and aloes, with alle the firste oynemens. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Spikenard and safron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices. |
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| Language | Song of Solomon Chapter 4, Verse 14 |
| Cebuano | Nardo ug azafran, Calamo ug canela, uban ang tanan nga kahoy sa incienso; Mirra ug mga aloe, uban ang tanan nga labing maayo nga igapahumot. |
| Croatian | nard i šafran, mirisna trska i cimet, sa svim stabljikama tamjanovim, smirna i aloj s najboljim mirisima. |
| Danish | Nardus og Kalmus og Kanel og alle Slags Vellugtstræer, Myrra og Safran og Aloe og alskens ypperlig Balsam. |
| Dutch | Nardus en saffraan, kalmus en kaneel, met allerlei bomen van wierook, mirre en aloe, mitsgaders alle voornaamste specerijen. |
| Finnish | nardusta ja sahramia, kalmoruokoa ja kanelia ynnä kaikkinaisia suitsukepuita, mirhaa ja aloeta ynnä kaikkinaisia parhaita balsamikasveja. |
| French | Le nard et le safran, le roseau aromatique et le cinnamome, Avec tous les arbres qui donnent l`encens; La myrrhe et l`aloès, Avec tous les principaux aromates; |
| German | Narde und Safran, Kalmus und Zimt, mit allerlei Bäumen des Weihrauchs, Myrrhen und Aloe mit allen besten Würzen. |
| Haitian Creole | tibonm ak safran, sitwonèl ak kannèl ak tout kalite pyebwa ki bay lansan, lami ak lalwa, ansanm ak tout kalite plant ki gen bon sant. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | narwastu, kunyit, kayu manis dan tebu, dengan macam-macam pohon kemenyan. Mur dan gaharu, dengan macam-macam rempah pilihan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | narwastu dan kumkuma, deringu dan kayu manis serta dengan segala pokok kemenyan dan mur dan cendana dan segala jenis rempah-rempah yang terutama. |
| Maori | He nara, he hapirone, he karamu, he hinamona, me nga rakau parakihe katoa; he maira, he aroe, me nga mea nui katoa o nga kinaki kakara. |
| Norwegian | nardus og safran, kalmus og kanel med alle slags viraktrær, myrra og aloëtrær og alle de beste velluktende urter. |
| Portuguese | o nardo, e o açafrão, o cálamo, e o cinamomo, com toda sorte de árvores de incenso; a mirra e o aloés, com todas as principais especiarias. |
| Rumanian | nard wi wofran, trestie mirositoare wi scoryiwoarq, cu tot felul de tufari de tqmkie, smirnq wi aloe, cu cele mai alese mirezme. |
| Russian | ОБТ" Й ЫБЖТБО, БЙТ Й ЛПТЙ"Б УП ЧУСЛЙНЙ 'МБЗПЧПООЩНЙ "ЕТЕЧБНЙ, НЙТТБ Й БМПК УП ЧУСЛЙНЙ МХЮЫЙНЙ БТПНБФБНЙ; |
| Spanish | nardos, azafrán, cálamo, canela, plantas de incienso, mirra, áloe, con todas las mejores variedades de especias. |
| Swedish | med nardus och saffran, kalmus och kanel och rökelseträd av alla slag, med myrra och aloe och de yppersta kryddor av alla slag. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "fistula": fistulae, fistular, fistulas. (additional references) | |
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"Fistula" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bisulan, eis-ula, Fathulla, Fatuma, Festuea, firtula, fiscula, fistel, fistulla. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "fistula" (pronounced 'Fis"tu*la'): Acanthocephala, Acicula, Actinula, Ala, Algarovilla, Alula, Ametabola, Ampulla, Amygdala, Angola, Anopla, Aquila, Archencephala, Archiblastula, Areola, Armilla, Arolla, Artiodactyla, Auricula, Axilla, Baggala, Bandala, Banderilla, Barilla, bengola, Beteela, Blastula, Bulla, Cabala, Cabrilla, Caffila, Calcavella, Calendula, Calla, Camarilla, Campanula, Canella, Cannicula, Cannula, Capella, Capitula, Cappella, Carambola, Cedilla, Cella, Chinchilla, Chrysocolla, Cicala, Claribella, Coccinella. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-i-l-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: faults, flatus. | |
-2 letters: alifs, alist, fails, fault, fiats, flats, flits, fusil, lifts, litas, sault, sulfa, tails, talus, tufas. | |
-3 letters: ails, aits, alif, alit, alts, fail, fast, fats, fiat, fila, fils, fist, fits, flat, flit, flus, last, lati, lats, lift, list, lits, litu, lust, sail, salt, sati, saul, sial, sift, silt, slat, slit, suit. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-i-l-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: fabulist, fistulae, fistular, fistulas, flautist. | |
+2 letters: bisulfate, fabulists, faculties, faithfuls, faultiest, fauteuils, feudalist, filatures, flautists, sulfating, trainfuls. | |
+3 letters: bisulfates, fabulistic, factiously, factualism, factualist, faultiness, feudalists, flagitious, flauntiest, fulminates, insufflate, multiflash, sufflating. | |
+4 letters: antifungals, bullmastiff, distasteful, facetiously, factualisms, factualists, fasciculate, feudalistic, feudalities, filamentous, flirtatious, fluoridates, fluorinates, fractiously, frugalities, funambulist, infibulates, insufflated, insufflates, insufflator, justifiable, justifiably, lactiferous, latifundios, painfullest, quatrefoils, sulfonating, sulfonation, thiosulfate, ultrafiches. | |
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