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fistulous

fistulous adjective: of or pertaining to a fistula.

Adjective

fistulous (comparative more fistulous, superlative most fistulous)

  1. Of or pertaining to a fistula.
    Synonyms:
    syringoid
  2. Resembling a reed; hollow and tubular

fistulous meaning in Tamil

fistulous in Tamil

புரைவடிவ

Synonyms of fistulous

Forms of fistulous

comparativemore fistulous
superlativemost fistulous

Origin of fistulous

Possibly from Latin fistulōsus (“pipe-shaped, hole-filled, fistulous”), or an English medical pseudo-Latinism via fistula + -ous.

Words formed from fistulous

Questions about fistulous

What does fistulous mean?
Fistulous means of or pertaining to a fistula.
What is fistulous in Tamil?
Fistulous in Tamil is புரைவடிவ. See Fistulous meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fistulous?
Fistulous is an adjective.

Words near fistulous in the dictionary

  1. fistulose
  2. fistuloside
  3. fistulosin
  4. fistulotomies
  5. fistulotomy
  6. fistulous
  7. fistulous withers
  8. fistulæ
  9. fistwise
  10. fisty
  11. fit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fistulous (page history and authors); fistulous (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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