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

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2023

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

The canula which had been allowed to remain in the nasal canal, had ulcerated through the floor of the nose, and presented its inferior extremity on the inside of the mouth.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

The trachea must be divided and tamponed by a Trendelenburg canula, after which the larynx must be carefully dissected out.

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

As the trocar is withdrawn, the canula should be pushed still further in.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