FISTULA

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A reed; a pipe.

2.
n.

A pipe for convejing water. [Obs.] Knight.

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. Incomplete fistula (Med.), a fistula open at one end only.


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