cannula
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cannula (“small or low reed”), diminutive of canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).
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Noun edit
cannula (plural cannulas or cannulae or cannulæ)
- (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.
- 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, p. 819-820:
- (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.
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cannula f (plural cannule)
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.nu.la/, [ˈkänːʊɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.nu.la/, [ˈkänːulä]
Noun edit
cannula f (genitive cannulae); first declension
- Diminutive of canna: a small reed or tube-shaped object.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cannula | cannulae |
Genitive | cannulae | cannulārum |
Dative | cannulae | cannulīs |
Accusative | cannulam | cannulās |
Ablative | cannulā | cannulīs |
Vocative | cannula | cannulae |
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Descendants edit
- Romanian: canură
- Taranto: cánulo "candle"
- Cerignano: cánele "candle"
- Subiaco: cannuia "corncob"
- Venetian: canola; candola (Treviso)
- Friulian: canule
- → Etruscan: 𐌂𐌀𐌍𐌋𐌀 (canla)
- → Catalan: cànula
- → English: cannula
- → French: canule
- → Italian: cannula
- → Polish: kaniula
- → Portuguese: cânula
- → Russian: каню́ля (kanjúlja)
- → Spanish: cánula
References edit
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “cannula”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 124
Further reading edit
- “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