canula

American  

[kan-yuh-luh] / ˈkæn yə lə /

noun

Surgery.

plural

canulas, canulae

1. a less common variant of cannula.

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canula British  

/ ˈkænjʊlə /

noun

1. surgery a variant spelling of cannula

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Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2023

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

With much promptness the canula or the quill should be pushed down into the paunch and held there till the gas escapes.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas

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

Ferri's Instruments:--20 a, hollow probe or canula with screw; b, canula with rounded end alone; c, screw; 21, 22, Alphonsinum or grasping instrument for the removal of foreign bodies; 23, curved needle.

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.