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fistula

See also: fístula, fistulă, fistuła, and fistułą

English edit

WOTD – 30 August 2011
 
an artificially-created radiocephalic fistula

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin fistula (“pipe, ulcer, catheter”), from findō (“cleave, divide, split”). Doublet of fester.

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɪs.tjə.lə/, /ˈfɪs.tʃʊ.lə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɪs.tjə.lə/, /ˈfɪs.t͡ʃu.lə/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun edit

fistula (plural fistulas or fistulae or fistulæ)

  1. (medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
    • 1903, William Rice Pryor, Gynæcology, page 113:
      Small fistulæ are to be closed bilaterally in an antero-posterior line […]
    • 1917, Louis Adolph Merillat, Fistula of the Withers and Poll-Evil, page 5:
      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.
    • 1998, Scott Fisher, “Enterocutaneous Fistulas”, in Theodore J. Saclarides, Keith W. Millikan, editors, Common Surgical Diseases: An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving‎[1], page 164:
      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.
    • 2008, Sylvia Escott-Stump, Nutrition and Diagnosis-related Care, page 405:
      An intestinal fistula is an unwanted pathway from intestines to other organs (e.g., the bladder).
  2. (rare) A tube, a pipe, or a hole.
  3. (Christianity, historical) The tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice in certain ceremonies (such as papal Masses).
    Synonym: calamus

Usage notes edit

  • (medicine): The skin is regarded as an organ, so the definition includes the abnormal connection of an internal organ to the body's exterior (as in, for example, enterocutaneous fistulas).
  • Sometimes, a fistula will be intentionally created; for example, an arteriovenous fistula is sometimes created to ease the treatment of a patient with end stage renal failure.

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Derived terms edit

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Finnish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfistulɑ/, [ˈfis̠tulɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -istulɑ
  • Syllabification(key): fis‧tu‧la

Noun edit

fistula

  1. (pathology) fistula (abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels)
  2. (rare) fistula (thin tube or pipe, especially a metallic straw used to sip sacramental wine)

Declension edit

Inflection of fistula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative fistula fistulat
genitive fistulan fistuloiden
fistuloitten
partitive fistulaa fistuloita
illative fistulaan fistuloihin
singular plural
nominative fistula fistulat
accusative nom. fistula fistulat
gen. fistulan
genitive fistulan fistuloiden
fistuloitten
fistulainrare
partitive fistulaa fistuloita
inessive fistulassa fistuloissa
elative fistulasta fistuloista
illative fistulaan fistuloihin
adessive fistulalla fistuloilla
ablative fistulalta fistuloilta
allative fistulalle fistuloille
essive fistulana fistuloina
translative fistulaksi fistuloiksi
abessive fistulatta fistuloitta
instructive — fistuloin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of fistula (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fistulani fistulani
accusative nom. fistulani fistulani
gen. fistulani
genitive fistulani fistuloideni
fistuloitteni
fistulainirare
partitive fistulaani fistuloitani
inessive fistulassani fistuloissani
elative fistulastani fistuloistani
illative fistulaani fistuloihini
adessive fistulallani fistuloillani
ablative fistulaltani fistuloiltani
allative fistulalleni fistuloilleni
essive fistulanani fistuloinani
translative fistulakseni fistuloikseni
abessive fistulattani fistuloittani
instructive — —
comitative — fistuloineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative fistulasi fistulasi
accusative nom. fistulasi fistulasi
gen. fistulasi
genitive fistulasi fistuloidesi
fistuloittesi
fistulaisirare
partitive fistulaasi fistuloitasi
inessive fistulassasi fistuloissasi
elative fistulastasi fistuloistasi
illative fistulaasi fistuloihisi
adessive fistulallasi fistuloillasi
ablative fistulaltasi fistuloiltasi
allative fistulallesi fistuloillesi
essive fistulanasi fistuloinasi
translative fistulaksesi fistuloiksesi
abessive fistulattasi fistuloittasi
instructive — —
comitative — fistuloinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fistulamme fistulamme
accusative nom. fistulamme fistulamme
gen. fistulamme
genitive fistulamme fistuloidemme
fistuloittemme
fistulaimmerare
partitive fistulaamme fistuloitamme
inessive fistulassamme fistuloissamme
elative fistulastamme fistuloistamme
illative fistulaamme fistuloihimme
adessive fistulallamme fistuloillamme
ablative fistulaltamme fistuloiltamme
allative fistulallemme fistuloillemme
essive fistulanamme fistuloinamme
translative fistulaksemme fistuloiksemme
abessive fistulattamme fistuloittamme
instructive — —
comitative — fistuloinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative fistulanne fistulanne
accusative nom. fistulanne fistulanne
gen. fistulanne
genitive fistulanne fistuloidenne
fistuloittenne
fistulainnerare
partitive fistulaanne fistuloitanne
inessive fistulassanne fistuloissanne
elative fistulastanne fistuloistanne
illative fistulaanne fistuloihinne
adessive fistulallanne fistuloillanne
ablative fistulaltanne fistuloiltanne
allative fistulallenne fistuloillenne
essive fistulananne fistuloinanne
translative fistulaksenne fistuloiksenne
abessive fistulattanne fistuloittanne
instructive — —
comitative — fistuloinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative fistulansa fistulansa
accusative nom. fistulansa fistulansa
gen. fistulansa
genitive fistulansa fistuloidensa
fistuloittensa
fistulainsarare
partitive fistulaansa fistuloitaan
fistuloitansa
inessive fistulassaan
fistulassansa 		fistuloissaan
fistuloissansa
elative fistulastaan
fistulastansa 		fistuloistaan
fistuloistansa
illative fistulaansa fistuloihinsa
adessive fistulallaan
fistulallansa 		fistuloillaan
fistuloillansa
ablative fistulaltaan
fistulaltansa 		fistuloiltaan
fistuloiltansa
allative fistulalleen
fistulallensa 		fistuloilleen
fistuloillensa
essive fistulanaan
fistulanansa 		fistuloinaan
fistuloinansa
translative fistulakseen
fistulaksensa 		fistuloikseen
fistuloiksensa
abessive fistulattaan
fistulattansa 		fistuloittaan
fistuloittansa
instructive — —
comitative — fistuloineen
fistuloinensa

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

Probably from the same root *fest- as found in festūca (“stalk, straw”) and fistūca (“pile driver, ram”), maybe connected to ferula (“fennel”) by earlier *fes- (“hollow stalk”), all words of unknown origin.[1] This makes any relationship to findō (“cleave, divide, split”) unlikely.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fistula f (genitive fistulae); first declension

  1. pipe, tube, especially a water pipe
  2. hollow reed or cane
  3. (music) shepherd's pipe, pipes of Pan
  4. fistula, ulcer
  5. catheter
  6. shoemaker's punch
  7. a kind of hand mill for grinding grain
  8. golden shower (Cassia fistula)

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fistula fistulae
Genitive fistulae fistulārum
Dative fistulae fistulīs
Accusative fistulam fistulās
Ablative fistulā fistulīs
Vocative fistula fistulae

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References edit

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “fistula”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 223
  • “fistula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “fistula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • fistula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • fistula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “fistula”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “fistula”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fistula f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of fistulă

Slovak edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fistula f (genitive singular fistuly, nominative plural fistuly, genitive plural fistúl, declension pattern of žena)

  1. fistula

Declension edit

Declension of fistula
singular plural
nominative fistula fistuly
genitive fistuly fistúl
dative fistule fistulám
accusative fistulu fistuly
locative fistule fistulách
instrumental fistulou fistulami

Further reading edit

  • “fistula”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Swahili edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English fistula.

Noun edit

fistula (n class, plural fistula)

  1. fistula
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