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Definition of Fistulate
1. Adjective. Hollow and tube-shaped like a reed.
Category relationships: Pathology
Similar to: Hollow
Derivative terms: Fistula
Definition of Fistulate
1. v. t. & i. To make hollow or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.
Definition of Fistulate
1. Verb. (obsolete ambitransitive) To make or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fistulate
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fistulate
Literary usage of Fistulate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1900)
"At various places in the works of Wachsmuth and Springer the statement has been
made that the ventral sac of certain fistulate crinoids was pierced by pores ..."
2. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"To Fistulate, (f is'-tn-late) va To make hollow like a pipe ; to perforate.
To Fistulate, (f is'-tu-late) vn To turn or grow to a fistula. ..."
3. Clinical Hematology: A Practical Guide to the Examination of the Blood with by John C. DaCosta (1901)
"For example, in a simple tuberculous adenitis the count is normal, but should
the glands ulcerate, fistulate, and become septic, a leucocytosis at once ..."
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