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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

"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

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

Introduce a leathern canula, or gut, and then either a wooden maundril, or blow it up with air, so as to distend the contracted part as much as the patient can bear.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus

I then introduced a trocar and canula, and drew off fifty ounces of pus, slightly tinged with blood.

From Report on Surgery to the Santa Clara County Medical Society by Cox, Joseph Bradford

As the trocar is withdrawn, the canula should be pushed still further in.

From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph

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