cannula

American  

[kan-yuh-luh] / ˈkæn yə lə /

Sometimes canula

noun

Surgery.

plural

cannulas, cannulae

1. a metal tube for insertion into the body to draw off fluid or to introduce medication.

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cannula British  

/ ˈkænjʊlə /

noun

1. surgery a narrow tube for insertion into a bodily cavity, as for draining off fluid, introducing medication, etc

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Other Word Forms

• cannulation noun

Etymology

Origin of cannula

First recorded in 1675–85; from New Latin, Latin: “small reed,” equivalent to cann(a) “reed, cane” + -ula diminutive suffix; cane, -ule

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Example Sentences

She winces as a small cannula is delicately inserted into her cheek.

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It also called on the health service to record parental concerns, review workloads for ambulance crews, and review training around cannula, vascular access insertion, and intravenous therapy.

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Porters have to wheel beds through this open space, between patients being treated in chairs and nurses kneeling on the floor to remove cannulas.

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The duties included blood monitoring, inserting cannulas and doing echocardiograms, which are scans used to look at the heart and nearby blood vessels.

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The insulin pump is a small device - around the size of a deck of cards - which supplies a continuous flow of longer-acting insulin through a cannula underneath the skin.

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