cannula
noun
a metal tube for insertion into the body to draw off fluid or to introduce medication.
cannulas
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pluralof cannula.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"He spent the next few weeks hooked up to antibiotics and fluids. His tiny veins kept collapsing from the cannulas," she said.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
It weighs between 60 and 200 pounds depending on the model, and is attached to the child with two cannulas almost as large as garden hoses.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024
For example, doctors are turning to nasal cannulas, which are noninvasive prongs that blow oxygen into the nose, before a ventilator.
From The Verge ● Jul. 8, 2020
If he fumbles around in the surge clinic trying to figure how to fit the oxygen cannulas over someone’s face, he tells himself, “They’ll teach me, and I’ll learn to do it.”
From Washington Post ● Apr. 6, 2020
After Giulianotti arrived in the operating room, the physician assistant and the chief resident made four tiny incisions, marked with red dots, on her stomach, and inserted narrow tubes, called cannulas, into the holes.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 23, 2019
