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fistulate

/ˈfɪstjʊleɪt/

fistulate verb: to make or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.

Verb

fistulate (third-person singular simple present fistulates, present participle fistulating, simple past and past participle fistulated)

  1. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To make or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.
    • a fistulated ulcer1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)

Adjective

IPA/ˈfɪstjʊlət/

fistulate (not comparable)

  1. Hollowed like a fistula.

Forms of fistulate

third-person singular presentfistulates
present participlefistulating
past participlefistulated
pastfistulated

Origin of fistulate

Compare Latin fistulatus (“furnished with pipes”).

Questions about fistulate

What does fistulate mean?
Fistulate means to make or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.
What part of speech is fistulate?
Fistulate can be a verb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce fistulate?
Fistulate is pronounced /ˈfɪstjʊleɪt/.
What is the past tense of fistulate?
The past tense of fistulate is fistulated.

Words near fistulate in the dictionary

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

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