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Definition of: cannula
(kan′yə·lə) noun Med.
A tube to be inserted by means of a trocar into a cavity, through which pus, etc., may escape or medicine be introduced: also spelled canula. [<L, dim. of canna reed, tube]
—can′nu·lar adjective
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