cannula

English

Drawing of a nasal cannula

Alternative forms

• canula

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannula (“small or low reed”), diminutive of canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkænjʊlə/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

cannula (plural cannulas or cannulae or cannulæ)

1. (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.

2. (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.

Related terms

• nasal cannula
• decannulate

Translations

medicine: tube inserted in the body

• Finnish: kanyyli (fi)
• French: canule (fr) f
• German: Kanüle (de) f
• Polish: kaniula f
• Portuguese: cânula (pt) f
• Russian: каню́ля (ru) f (kanjúlja)
• Spanish: cánula (es) f
• Swedish: kanyl (sv) c
• Tagalog: miktubo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannula.

Noun

cannula f (plural cannule)

1. cannula

Related terms

• canna

Latin

Etymology

From canna +‎ -ula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.nu.la/, [ˈkänːʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.nu.la/, [ˈkänːulä]

Noun

cannula f (genitive cannulae); first declension

1. diminutive of canna: a small reed or tube-shaped object.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cannula	cannulae
Genitive	cannulae	cannulārum
Dative	cannulae	cannulīs
Accusative	cannulam	cannulās
Ablative	cannulā	cannulīs
Vocative	cannula	cannulae

Related terms

• canālicius
• canālicula
• canāliculātus
• canāliculus
• canāliēnsis
• canālis
• canna
• cannamella
• cannētum
• canneus

Descendants

• 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

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “cannula”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 124

Further reading

• “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.