Definitions for canulas

canulas can·u·la

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

Canulas is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in canulas (aaclnsu).

Definitions for canulas

noun

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

Origin of canulas

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

Examples for canulas

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

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

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.

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

As the trocar is withdrawn, the canula should be pushed still further in.

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

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

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

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

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.

Word Value for canulas
Scrable

8

Words with friends

12

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