fistula

English

/ˈfɪs.tjə.lə/, /ˈfɪs.tjə.lə/

noun
Definitions
  • (medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
  • (rare) A tube, a pipe, or a hole.
  • (Christianity) The tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fistula (pipe, catheter, ulcer, flute, tube, tube pipe, water pipe) root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- (split, break, cleave, separate, chop, break down).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰeyd-

Gloss

split, break, cleave, separate, chop, break down

Concept
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