FISTULA (fistulae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: fistulae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does fistula mean? 

• FISTULA (noun)
  The noun FISTULA has 2 senses:

1. a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse

2. an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface

  Familiarity information: FISTULA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FISTULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

fistula; fistulous withers

Hypernyms ("fistula" is a kind of...):

animal disease (a disease that typically does not affect human beings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

fistula; sinus

Hypernyms ("fistula" is a kind of...):

passage; passageway (a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass)

Derivation:

fistular (hollow and tube-shaped like a reed)

fistulous (of or pertaining to or resembling a fistula)

 Context examples 

Treatment depends on the cause of the fistula, where it is, and how bad it is.

(Fistulas, NIH)

Drug administration through a gastric fistula or a surgically created artificial opening into the stomach through the abdominal wall with insertion of a tube.

(Administration via Gastrostomy, NCI Thesaurus)

Fistulas may be caused by injury, infection, or inflammation, or may be created during surgery.

(Fistula, NCI Dictionary)

A congenital abnormality of the esophagus in which the upper esophagus ends as a blind pouch and does not connect with the lower esophagus; it is often accompanied by a tracheoesophageal fistula.

(Esophageal Atresia, NCI Thesaurus)

Congenital tracheoesophageal fistula without esophageal atresia.

(Congenital H-type Tracheoesophageal Fistula, NCI Thesaurus)

A common type is the congenital arteriovenous fistula (ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA /congenital).

(Arteriovenous Malformation, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

LRIs include but not limited to the skin atrophy, ulceration and non-healing wounds; cystitis, proctosigmoiditis, resulting to fistulas, abscesses, fibrosis and scaring; laryngitis, osteoradionecrosis; central nervous system injury, optic neuropathy.

(Late Radiation Injury, NCI Thesaurus)

A diagnostic X-ray procedure on an arteriovenous (AV) fistula following the infusion of a radiopaque contrast material.

(Fistulagram, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the abnormal development of the second branchial arch, resulting in the formation of branchial cleft cysts and fistulae, hearing loss and ear malformations, and renal abnormalities.

(Melnick-Fraser Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Malabsorption, especially of vitamin B12 or folic acid, due to metabolic competition by bacteria proliferating in a segment of small intestine excluded from normal peristaltic movement; it may occur as a postoperative complication of side-to-side anastomosis of intestine, as a result of intestinal diverticula, fistula, etc.

(Blind Loop Syndrome, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)