fistula
English
WOTD – 30 August 2011
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an artificially-created radiocephalic fistula
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fistula (“pipe, ulcer, catheter”), from findō (“cleave, divide, split”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fistula (plural fistulas or fistulae or fistulæ)
- (medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
- 1903, William Rice Pryor, Gynæcology, page 113
- Small fistulæ are to be closed bilaterally in an antero-posterior line […]
- 1917, Louis Adolph Merillat, Fistula of the Withers and Poll-Evil, page 5
- There are several reasons why a manual on this disease should be a part of the veterinary literature of the day, the chief one being that fistula of the withers is a very prevalent disease of horses and thus exacts a big toll from the horse industry.
- 1998, Scott Fisher, Enterocutaneous Fistulas, in Theodore J. Saclarides, Keith W. Millikan (editors), Common Surgical Diseases: An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving, page 164,
- Fistulas are abnormal communications between two epithelialized surfaces. The causes of enterocutaneous fistulas can be remembered using the mnemonic FRIEND: Foreign body, Radiation, Inflammation/Infection/Inflammatory bowel disease, Epithelialization, Neoplasm, and Distal obstruction. Fifteen to twenty-five percent of enterocutaneous fistulas arise spontaneously as in, for example, Crohn's disease or cancer.
- 2008, Sylvia Escott-Stump, Nutrition and Diagnosis-related Care, page 405
- An intestinal fistula is an unwanted pathway from intestines to other organs (e.g., the bladder).
- 1903, William Rice Pryor, Gynæcology, page 113
- (rare) A tube, a pipe, or a hole.
Usage notes
- (medicine): The skin is regarded as an organ, so the definition includes the abnormal connection of an internal organ to the body's exterior (as in, for example, enterocutaneous fistulas).
- Sometimes, a fistula will be intentionally created; for example, an arteriovenous fistula is sometimes created to ease the treatment of a patient with end stage renal failure.
Derived terms
Translations
abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels
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Finnish
Etymology
< Latin
Noun
fistula
Declension
Inflection of fistula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | fistula | fistulat | |
genitive | fistulan | fistuloiden fistuloitten | |
partitive | fistulaa | fistuloita | |
illative | fistulaan | fistuloihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | fistula | fistulat | |
accusative | nom. | fistula | fistulat |
gen. | fistulan | ||
genitive | fistulan | fistuloiden fistuloitten fistulainrare | |
partitive | fistulaa | fistuloita | |
inessive | fistulassa | fistuloissa | |
elative | fistulasta | fistuloista | |
illative | fistulaan | fistuloihin | |
adessive | fistulalla | fistuloilla | |
ablative | fistulalta | fistuloilta | |
allative | fistulalle | fistuloille | |
essive | fistulana | fistuloina | |
translative | fistulaksi | fistuloiksi | |
instructive | — | fistuloin | |
abessive | fistulatta | fistuloitta | |
comitative | — | fistuloineen |
Synonyms
- (anatomy): fisteli
Latin
Etymology
From findō (“cleave, divide, split”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfis.tu.la/, [ˈfɪs.tʊ.ɫa]
Noun
fistula f (genitive fistulae); first declension
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | fistula | fistulae |
Genitive | fistulae | fistulārum |
Dative | fistulae | fistulīs |
Accusative | fistulam | fistulās |
Ablative | fistulā | fistulīs |
Vocative | fistula | fistulae |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- fistula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fistula in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fistula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- fistula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- fistula in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fistula in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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