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canula

American  
[kan-yuh-luh] / ˈkæn yə lə /

noun

Surgery.

plural

canulas, canulae
  1. a less common variant of cannula.


canula British  
/ ˈkænjʊlə /

noun

  1. surgery a variant spelling of cannula

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Finally, at 03:00 a canula was inserted in my hand and the antibiotics began to flow.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2023

The trocar may then be withdrawn, and the canula retained for at least forty-eight hours by a suitable bandage.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

He advises the use of bird lime on the end of a sound to which objects will cling, or, where they are smaller, suction through a silver or copper canula.

From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph

Attempts used to be made to leave a catheter or canula in the bladder wound to prevent infiltration.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

He suggests the opening of the bladder in the median line, midway between the scrotum and the anus, and the placing of a canula therein, so as to permit drainage until healing occurs.

From Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages by Walsh, James Joseph