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fistula

UK/ˈfɪs.tjə.lə//ˈfɪs.tjə.lə/

fistula noun: an abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.

fistula: an abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect
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Noun

fistula (plural fistulas or fistulae or fistulæ)

  1. An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
    • communicating fistula
    • blind fistula
  2. (rare) A tube, a pipe, or a hole.
  3. (historical) The tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice in certain ceremonies (such as papal Masses).
    Synonyms:
    calamus

fistula meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

fistula in Hindi

abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels
भगन्दर bhagandar

fistula in Tamil

புண் புரை, வெளிநோக்கி ஏற்றப்பட்ட குழாய், துளை புண், புரை ஓட்டை, புரபுண், புரவழி

fistula in Urdu

fistula
ناسور nāsūr

fistula in Malayalam

abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels
ഭഗന്ദരം bhagandaraṁ
More languagesFewer languages
fistula in Kannada
ಫಿಸ್ಟುಲಾ phisṭulā
fistula in Punjabi
ਫਿਸਤੁਲਾ phistulā
fistula in Nepali
फिस्टुला phisṭulā
fistula in Arabic
نَاسُور nāsūr
fistula in Indonesian
hiliran
fistula in Vietnamese
rò

Examples of fistula in a sentence

  • Fistulas are abnormal communications between two epithelialized surfaces.1998, Scott Fisher, “Enterocutaneous Fistulas”, in Theodore J. Saclarides, Keith W. Millikan, editors, Common Surgical Diseases: An...
  • An intestinal fistula is an unwanted pathway from intestines to other organs (e.g., the bladder).2008, Sylvia Escott-Stump, Nutrition and Diagnosis-related Care, page 405:

All 19 example sentences with fistula

Synonyms of fistula

Forms of fistula

pluralfistulas
pluralfistulae
pluralfistulæ
alternative formfistule

Plural of fistula: fistulas or fistulae

Origin of fistula

Learned borrowing from Latin fistula (“pipe, ulcer, catheter”). Doublet of fester.

Words formed from fistula

Questions about fistula

What does fistula mean?
Fistula means an abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
What is fistula in Hindi?
Fistula in Hindi is भगन्दर (bhagandar). See Fistula meaning in Hindi.
How do you use fistula in a sentence?
Fistulas are abnormal communications between two epithelialized surfaces.
What part of speech is fistula?
Fistula is a noun.
How do you pronounce fistula?
Fistula is pronounced /ˈfɪs.tjə.lə/ (UK).
What is the plural of fistula?
The plural of fistula is fistulas.

Words near fistula in the dictionary

  1. fistnotes
  2. fists
  3. fistsful
  4. fistuca
  5. fistucae
  6. fistula
  7. fistula-in-ano
  8. fistulae
  9. fistular
  10. fistulariid
  11. fistulariids

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fistula (page history and authors); fistula (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ناسور (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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