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fistulas

fistulas is the plural of fistula.

Meaning of fistula

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
  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

Phrases with fistulas

Questions about fistulas

What is fistulas the plural of?
Fistulas is the plural of fistula.

Words near fistulas in the dictionary

  1. fistular
  2. fistulariid
  3. fistulariids
  4. fistularioid
  5. fistulary
  6. fistulas
  7. fistulate
  8. fistulated
  9. fistulates
  10. fistulating
  11. fistulation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fistulas (page history and authors); fistula (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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