fistulate

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English

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Etymology

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Compare Latin fistulatus (furnished with pipes).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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fistulate (third-person singular simple present fistulates, present participle fistulating, simple past and past participle fistulated)

  1. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To make or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.
    • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; [], London: [] Iohn Williams [], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
      a fistulated ulcer

Adjective

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fistulate (not comparable)

  1. Hollowed like a fistula.

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Adjective

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fistulāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of fistulātus