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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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Example Sentences

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

From BBC

Within minutes, they’ve inserted a canula.

From The Guardian

In the 1960s, when he was a little boy in Edinburgh, there was no hope: “You’d have brought a pale child with bruising, bleeding and maybe infection to the hospital, they’d have a blood test and a bone marrow test, a diagnosis of leukaemia would be made, and the only treatment available at the time was a metal canula and a blood transfusion. And it was considered to be a death sentence.”

From The Guardian

“Mini lipo,” as some doctors call it, involves a small canula inserted through holes under the chin in order to suck out the fat.

From Fox News

Tlacolulokos is made up of Cosijoesa Cernas, 25, and Dario Canula, 31, who are based near Oaxaca City in Southern Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times