canula
Americannoun
plural
canulas, canulaenoun
Example Sentences
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Finally, at 03:00 a canula was inserted in my hand and the antibiotics began to flow.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2023
The best instruments are the trocar and canula, but in the absence of these a pocket knife and goose quill may be made to answer.
From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas
The canula which had been allowed to remain in the nasal canal, had ulcerated through the floor of the nose, and presented its inferior extremity on the inside of the mouth.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin
His immediate successor, Diocles, invented a complicated instrument for extracting foreign bodies, called graphiscos, which consisted of a canula with hooks.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
The canula should be retained for a day or two, and then a flexible catheter with a shield inserted instead.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
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