CANNULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cannulate mean? 

• CANNULATE (verb)
  The verb CANNULATE has 1 sense:

1. introduce a cannula or tube into

  Familiarity information: CANNULATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANNULATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they cannulate    ... he / she / it cannulates   
Past simple: cannulated   
Past participle: cannulated   
-ing form: cannulating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Introduce a cannula or tube into

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cannulate; cannulise; cannulize; canulate; intubate

Context example:

Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck

Hypernyms (to "cannulate" is one way to...):

enter; infix; insert; introduce (put or introduce into something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cannula (a small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication)

cannulation; cannulisation; cannulization; canulisation; canulization (the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ)

 Context examples 

Central veins are usually cannulated percutaneously.

(Central Venous Cannula Insertion, NCI Thesaurus)