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fistulating

fistulating is the present participle and gerund of fistulate.

Meaning of fistulate

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)

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Questions about fistulating

What is fistulating the present participle and gerund of?
Fistulating is the present participle and gerund of fistulate.

Words near fistulating in the dictionary

  1. fistulary
  2. fistulas
  3. fistulate
  4. fistulated
  5. fistulates
  6. fistulating
  7. fistulation
  8. fistulations
  9. fistulatous
  10. fistule
  11. fistulectomies

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