- a variation of cannula.
canula
Americannoun
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canulas,
plural
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canulae
plural
noun
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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 best instruments are the trocar and canula, but in the absence of these a pocket knife and goose quill may be made to answer.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas
In such a case the bladder may be punctured from the outside by a curved trocar and canula, in either of two situations.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
Guy de Chauliac's Instruments:--15, 16, cautery apparatus with canula for cauterizing the uvula and tonsils; 17, bistoury; 18, amputation knife; 19, small sickle knife for opening abscesses and fistulas.
From The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time by Walsh, James J.
The fluid has increased during the last twenty-four hours so that there is now nearly as much as was drawn off through the canula yesterday.
From Report on Surgery to the Santa Clara County Medical Society by Cox, Joseph Bradford
On the farther side, in front of the window, there was a board which was strewed with glittering instruments, forceps, tenacula, saws, canulas, and trocars.
From The Man from Archangel and Other Tales of Adventure by Doyle, A. Conan
On the further side, in front of the window, there was a board which was strewed with glittering instruments—forceps, tenacula, saws, canulas, and trocars.
From Round the Red Lamp by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
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