Definitions for canula

canula can·u·la

Spelling: [kan-yuh-luh]
IPA: /ˈkæn yə lə/

Canula is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 61 anagrams from letters in canula (aaclnu).

Definitions for canula

noun

  1. cannula.
  2. a metal tube for insertion into the body to draw off fluid or to introduce medication.

Origin of canula

1675-85; New Latin, Latin: small reed, equivalent to cann(a) cane + -ula -ule

Examples for canula

As the trocar is withdrawn, the canula should be pushed still further in.

By passing a canula into this and ligaturing, the cystic duct may be injected.

The best instruments are the trocar and canula, but in the absence of these a pocket knife and goose quill may be made to answer.

No attempt should be made to introduce a canula until the breathing is restored.

By these means it was drawn sufficiently forward so as to fasten it to a canula or catheter made fast in the urethra.

I then introduced a trocar and canula, and drew off fifty ounces of pus, slightly tinged with blood.

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.

With much promptness the canula or the quill should be pushed down into the paunch and held there till the gas escapes.

The time for removal of the canula varies according to the condition.

To prevent this, a canula, or little tube, should be inserted through both orifices as soon as the puncture is made.

Word Value for canula
Scrable

8

Words with friends

12

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