Dictionary

fistula en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɪs.tjə.lə/ (UK)
• /ˈfɪs.tjə.lə/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• /ˈfɪs.t͡ʃu.lə/ (General-American)
• /ˈfɪs.tʃʊ.lə/ (UK)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin fistula (“pipe, ulcer, catheter”). Doublet of fester.

Meanings

1. An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
   • blind fistula
   • communicating fistula
   • An intestinal fistula is an unwanted pathway from intestines to other organs (e.g., the bladder). 2008, Sylvia Escott-Stump, Nutrition and Diagnosis-related Care, page 405:
   • Small fistulæ are to be closed bilaterally in an antero-posterior line[…] 1903, William Rice Pryor, Gynæcology, page 113:
   • There are several reasons why a manual on this disease should be a part of the veterinary literature of the day, the chief one being that fistula of the withers is a very prevalent disease of horses and thus exacts a big toll from the horse industry. 1917, Louis Adolph Merillat, Fistula of the Withers and Poll-Evil, page 5:
   • Fistulas are abnormal communications between two epithelialized surfaces. The causes of enterocutaneous fistulas can be remembered using the mnemonic FRIEND: Foreign body, Radiation, Inflammation/Infection/Inflammatory bowel disease, Epithelialization, Neoplasm, and Distal obstruction. Fifteen to twenty-five percent of enterocutaneous fistulas arise spontaneously as in, for example, Crohn’s disease or cancer. 1998, Scott Fisher, “Enterocutaneous Fistulas”, in Theodore J. Saclarides, Keith W. Millikan, editors, Common Surgical Diseases: An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving, page 164:
2. (rare) A tube, a pipe, or a hole.
3. (historical) The tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice in certain ceremonies (such as papal Masses).

Forms

Coordinates

anastomosis

Deriveds

fistulogram · fistular · fistula-in-ano · fistulotomy · fistulation · fistulize · pancreatic fistula · fistuliform · arteriovenous fistula · fistulization · vesicovaginal fistula · anal fistula · fistulous · fistulate

Synonyms

calamus

Translations (75)

es fístula (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · fur fìstule (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · fi putki (tube, pipe, or a hole) · ml ഭഗന്ദരം (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · la fistula (tube, pipe, or a hole) · uk свищ (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · pa ਫਿਸਤੁਲਾ (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · el συρίγγιο (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · nb fistel (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · eo fistulo (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · sl fistula (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · hy խուղակ (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · bm sugunɛkɛbana (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · de Fistel (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · vi rò (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · ga fiostúl (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · ru фи́стула (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · oc fistula (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · fi fistula (tube, pipe, or a hole) · hi भगन्दर (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · fi yhde (tube, pipe, or a hole) · chr ᎩᏍᏚᎳ (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · pt fístula (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · is fistill (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · es fístula (tube, pipe, or a hole) · io fistulo (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · ca fístula (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · sw nasuri (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · fi fistula (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · id hiliran (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · hu sipoly (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · la fistula (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · he פִיסְטוּלָה (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · cy ffistwla (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · ro fistulă (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · nl fistel (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · ar نَاسُور (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · sh фи̏стула (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · fr fistule (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · hsb fistla (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · it fistola (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · pl fistuła (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · sk fistula (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · dsb fistla (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · be фістула (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · ja 瘻孔 (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · kk жыланкөз (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · bm ɲɛgɛkɛbana (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · br fic'h (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · ru свищ (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · lv fistula (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · nn fistel (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · tr fistül (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · uk нориця (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · ka ფისტულა (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · bg фистула (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · rm fistla (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · ne फिस्टुला (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · cs píštěl (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · uk фістула (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · sv fistel (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · fi fisteli (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · kn ಫಿಸ್ಟುಲಾ (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · da fistel (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · tr akarca (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · sh fȉstula (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · cmn 瘺管 /瘘管 (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · hu fisztula (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · gv sheane (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · af fistel (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · lb Fistel (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · ko 누공 (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · be свішч (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · pl przetoka (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels) · lt fistulė (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)