fistula

fistula has 5 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. A reed; a pipe.
• n.. A pipe for convejing water.
• n.. A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface; as, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula.
• n.. an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface
• n.. a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse