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cannula

[ kan-yuh-luh ]

noun

Surgery.
plural cannulas, cannulae
  1. a metal tube for insertion into the body to draw off fluid or to introduce medication.


cannula

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noun

  1. surgery a narrow tube for insertion into a bodily cavity, as for draining off fluid, introducing medication, etc
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cannula1

First recorded in 1675–85; from New Latin, Latin: “small reed,†equivalent to cann(a) “reed, cane†+ -ula diminutive suffix; cane, -ule
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of cannula1

C17: from Latin: a small reed, from canna a reed
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Porters have to wheel beds through this open space, between patients being treated in chairs and nurses kneeling on the floor to remove cannulas.

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The duties included blood monitoring, inserting cannulas and doing echocardiograms, which are scans used to look at the heart and nearby blood vessels.

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The insulin pump is a small device - around the size of a deck of cards - which supplies a continuous flow of longer-acting insulin through a cannula underneath the skin.

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However, this requires a spinal tap with a cannula -- an invasive procedure with rare complications.

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Ms Wisniewska then uses a scalpel to make a small hole and inserts a long cannula attached to a suction machine on the floor and begins to suck out fat.

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