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Definition of Fistular
1. Adjective. Hollow and tube-shaped like a reed.
Category relationships: Pathology
Similar to: Hollow
Derivative terms: Fistula
Definition of Fistular
1. a. Hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed.
Definition of Fistular
1. Adjective. Tube-like; resembling a hollow cylinder; like a pipe; (or having parts of this form). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fistular
1. fistula [adj] - See also: fistula
Medical Definition of Fistular
1. Hollow throughout its length. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fistular
Literary usage of Fistular
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lectures on pathological anatomy by Samuel Wilks, Walter Moxon (1875)
"fistular communications with the bladder, ureters, or rectum, arise through the
above-mentioned injuries or else through ulcération. ..."
2. Supplement to the English Botany of the Late Sir J. E. Smith and Mr. Sowerby by Sir William Jackson Hooker, James Sowerby, William Borrer, John William Salter (1849)
"Leaves spreading, decurved and waved, as thick as a goose-quill,fistular,cylindrical,
or flattened or slightly grooved on the upper side, tapering to a ..."
3. Botany of the Northern and Middle States: Or, A Description of the Plants by Lewis Caleb Beck (1833)
"... fleshy or cartilaginous ; embryo within it. Herbs with fascicled or fibrous
roots. Leaves fistular, or flat and channelled, with parallel veins. 1. ..."
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