cannula

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English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.

Translations

medicine: tube inserted in the body

Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannula.

Noun

cannula f (plural cannule)

  1. cannula

Latin

Etymology

From canna +‎ -ula.

Pronunciation

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

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Descendants

  • Romanian: canură
  • Taranto: cánulo "candle"
  • Cerignano: cánele "candle"
  • Subiaco: cannuia "corncob"
  • Venetian: canola; candola (Treviso)
  • Friulian: canule

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References

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.
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