canula
Americannoun
plural
canulas, canulaenoun
Example Sentences
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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
Its advantage is that the urine is removed through an aperture so small as to allow of the withdrawal and reintroduction of the canula as often as is necessary.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
This little instrument," Kennedy explained, "which I have here is known as a canula, a little canal, for leading off blood from the veins of one person to another—in other words, blood transfusion.
From The Dream Doctor by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
The surgeon should be ready at once to close the canula with his thumb, if the flow begins to cease, lest air should be admitted.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
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
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