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canula

American  
[kan-yuh-luh] / ˈkæn yə lə /

noun

Surgery.
canulas, plural canulae plural
  1. a less common variant of cannula.


canula British  
/ ˈkænjʊlə /

noun

  1. surgery a variant spelling of cannula

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Insects should be removed with a hook, or with a canula, or, having been killed by warm oil, removed by means of a syringe.

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

He secured a vein and pushed the cut end over this little canula.

From The Dream Doctor by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

Guy de Chauliac's Cauteries:--11, 12, long, smooth cautery and canula protector; 13, 14, ring cautery with five buttons and the protective plate with five openings.

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.

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

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