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Fistula

//ˈfɪs.tjə.lə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.

    "communicating fistula"

  2. 2
    an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface wordnet
  3. 3
    A tube, a pipe, or a hole. rare
  4. 4
    a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse wordnet
  5. 5
    The tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice in certain ceremonies (such as papal Masses). historical

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fistula (“pipe, ulcer, catheter”). Doublet of fester.

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