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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

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

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

The trocar may then be withdrawn, and the canula retained for at least forty-eight hours by a suitable bandage.

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