fistula

Etymology
Borrowed from, from. .

Noun

 * 1)  An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
 * 2)  A tube, a pipe, or a hole.
 * 3)  The tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice in certain ceremonies (such as papal Masses).
 * 1)  A tube, a pipe, or a hole.
 * 2)  The tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice in certain ceremonies (such as papal Masses).
 * 1)  A tube, a pipe, or a hole.
 * 2)  The tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice in certain ceremonies (such as papal Masses).

Usage notes

 * The skin is regarded as an organ, so the definition includes the abnormal connection of an internal organ to the body's exterior (as in, for example, enterocutaneous fistulas).
 * Sometimes, a fistula will be intentionally created; for example, an arteriovenous fistula is sometimes created to ease the treatment of a patient with end stage renal failure.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: fistel
 * Arabic: نَاسُور
 * Armenian:
 * Bambara: sugunɛkɛbana, ɲɛgɛkɛbana
 * Belarusian: фістула, свішч
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Cherokee: ᎩᏍᏚᎳ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 瘺管
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: fistulo
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: fìstule
 * Georgian: ფისტულა
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: भगन्‍दर
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: hiliran
 * Irish: fiostúl
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada: ಫಿಸ್ಟುಲಾ
 * Kazakh: жыланкөз
 * Korean: 누공
 * Latin: fistula
 * Latvian: fistula
 * Lithuanian: fistulė
 * Luxembourgish: Fistel
 * Malayalam:
 * Manx: sheane
 * Nepali: फिस्टुला
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: fistel
 * Nynorsk: fistel
 * Occitan: fistula
 * Polish: przetoka, fistuła
 * Portuguese:
 * Punjabi: ਫਿਸਤੁਲਾ
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: fistla
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: фи̏стула
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: fistula
 * Slovene: fistula
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: fistla
 * Upper Sorbian: fistla
 * Spanish: fístula
 * Swahili: nasuri
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: фістула, свищ, нориця
 * Vietnamese:
 * Welsh: ffistwla


 * Finnish:, yhde,
 * Latin: fistula
 * Spanish: fístula

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  fistula abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels
 * 2)  fistula thin tube or pipe, especially a metallic straw used to sip sacramental wine

Etymology
Probably from the same root as found in  and, maybe connected to  by earlier , all words of  origin. This makes any relationship to unlikely.

Noun

 * 1) pipe, tube, especially a water pipe
 * 2) hollow reed or cane
 * 3)  shepherd's pipe, pipes of Pan
 * 4) fistula, ulcer
 * 5) catheter
 * 6) shoemaker's punch
 * 7) a kind of hand mill for grinding grain
 * 8) golden shower

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) fistula