cannula

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Drawing of a nasal cannula

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannula (“small or low reed”), diminutive of canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkænjʊlə/
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Noun

cannula (plural cannulas or cannulae or cannulæ)

  2. (medicine) A tube inserted in the body to drain or inject fluid.
    • 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, p. 819-820:
      The cannula had come askew in his nose and he pushed it straight, his hand moving slowly, like the hand of a man who is dreaming with his eyes open.
  3. (aviation) A hose or tube that connects directly from an oxygen (O2) bottle/source to the user's nose, commonly used by aircraft pilots or others needing direct oxygen breathing apparatus.

Derived terms

Translations

medicine: tube inserted in the body

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannula.

Noun

cannula f (plural cannule)

  1. cannula

Latin

Etymology

From canna +‎ -ula.

Pronunciation

Noun

cannula f (genitive cannulae); first declension

  1. diminutive of canna: a small reed or tube-shaped object.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cannula cannulae
Genitive cannulae cannulārum
Dative cannulae cannulīs
Accusative cannulam cannulās
Ablative cannulā cannulīs
Vocative cannula cannulae

Descendants

References

Further reading

  • “cannula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cannula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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