cannula

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkænjʊlə/

Noun

cannula (plural cannulas or cannulae or cannulæ)

1. (medicine) A tube inserted in the body to drain or inject fluid.
2. (aviation) A hose or tube that connects directly to an oxygen (O₂) bottle/source from 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
• Portuguese: cânula (pt) f

• Russian: каню́ля (ru) f (kanjúlja)
• Spanish: cánula (es) f
• Tagalog: miktubo

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin cannula.

Noun

cannula f (plural cannule)

1. cannula

Related terms

• canna

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.nu.la/, [ˈkan.nʊ.ɫa]

Noun

cannula f (genitive cannulae); first declension

1. A small or low reed.

Inflection

First declension.

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

• Catalan: cànula
• English: cannula
• French: canule
• Italian: cannula

• Portuguese: cânula
• Romanian: canură
• Russian: каню́ля (kanjúlja)
• Spanish: cánula

References

• cannula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cannula” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)