Obstetric fistula is a hole between the vagina and rectum or bladder that is caused by prolonged obstructed labor, leaving a woman incontinent; unable to control the flow of her urine or her feces.
Source: tatoeba (11843033)
Fistula
//ˈfɪs.tjə.lə//
Synonyms for "fistula" (77 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (38)
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3 entriesSynonyms
4 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
14 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 60 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- fistel noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Arabic
1 entries- نَاسُور noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Armenian
1 entries- խուղակ noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Bambara
2 entries- sugunɛkɛbana noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
- ɲɛgɛkɛbana noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Belarusian
2 entries- свішч noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
- фістула noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Breton
1 entries- fic'h noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Bulgarian
1 entries- фистула noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Catalan
1 entries- fístula noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎩᏍᏚᎳ noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 瘺管 /瘘管 noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Czech
1 entries- píštěl noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Danish
1 entries- fistel noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Dutch
1 entries- fistel noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Esperanto
1 entries- fistulo noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Finnish
4 entries- fisteli noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
- fistula noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
- fistula noun (tube, pipe, or a hole)
- putki noun (tube, pipe, or a hole)
French
1 entries- fistule noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Friulian
1 entries- fìstule noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Georgian
1 entries- ფისტულა noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
German
1 entries- Fistel noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Greek
1 entries- συρίγγιο noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Hebrew
1 entries- פִיסְטוּלָה noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Hindi
1 entries- भगन्दर noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Hungarian
2 entries- fisztula noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
- sipoly noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Icelandic
1 entries- fistill noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Ido
1 entries- fistulo noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Indonesian
1 entries- hiliran noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Irish
1 entries- fiostúl noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Italian
1 entries- fistola noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Japanese
1 entries- 瘻孔 noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Kannada
1 entries- ಫಿಸ್ಟುಲಾ noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Kazakh
1 entries- жыланкөз noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Korean
1 entries- 누공 noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Latin
2 entries- fistula noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
- fistula noun (tube, pipe, or a hole)
Latvian
1 entries- fistula noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Lithuanian
1 entries- fistulė noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- fistla noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Fistel noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഭഗന്ദരം noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Manx
1 entries- sheane noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Nepali
1 entries- फिस्टुला noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fistel noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- fistel noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Occitan
1 entries- fistula noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Polish
2 entries- fistuła noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
- przetoka noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Portuguese
1 entries- fístula noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਫਿਸਤੁਲਾ noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Romanian
1 entries- fistulă noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Romansch
1 entries- fistla noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Russian
2 entries- свищ noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
- фи́стула noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- fȉstula noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
- фи̏стула noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Slovak
1 entries- fistula noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Slovene
1 entries- fistula noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Spanish
2 entries- fístula noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
- fístula noun (tube, pipe, or a hole)
Swahili
1 entries- nasuri noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Swedish
1 entries- fistel noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Turkish
2 entries- akarca noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
- fistül noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Ukrainian
3 entries- нориця noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
- свищ noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
- фістула noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- fistla noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Vietnamese
1 entries- rò noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Welsh
1 entries- ffistwla noun (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The obstetrician and gynecologist became involved with helping women suffering from fistula 17 years ago after visiting his aunt Valerie Browning in rural Ethiopia, who assisted women with terrible childbirth injuries.
Source: tatoeba (12228425)
The report estimates the number of women living with fistula in sub-Saharan Africa at two million. But Dr. France Donnay of the U.N. Population Fund says the figure is probably a "gross underestimation."
Source: tatoeba (12414170)
According to the report, women living with fistula are usually under 20, illiterate and poor.
Source: tatoeba (12414174)
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