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Webster 1913 Edition
Fistula
‖
Fis′tu-la
(?; 135)
, Noun.
pl.
Fistulæ
(#)
. [L.]
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Fistula
FIS'TULA
,Noun.
1.
Properly, a pipe; a wind instrument of music, originally a reed.2.
A surgery, a deep, narrow and callous ulcer, generally arising from abscesses. It differs from a sinus, in being callous.Fistula lachrymalis, a fistula of the lachrymal sac, a disorder accompanied with a flowing of tears.