Thesaurus: fistula

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1. n. A reed; a pipe.
2. n. A pipe for convejing water.
3. n. A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface; as, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula.
4. n. a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse
5. n. an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
6. 1. A reed; a pipe. 2. A pipe for convejing water. [Obs.] Knight. 3. (Med.) A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface; as, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula. Incomplete fistula (Med.), a fistula open at one end only.
7. A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with aconstant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormalopening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface;as, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula.Incomplete fistula (Med.), a fistula open at one end only.
8. j:13/n:87 n. an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface