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FISTULOUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hollow and tube-shaped like a reed

Synonyms:

fistular; fistulate; fistulous

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

hollow (not solid; having a space or gap or cavity)

Domain category:

pathology (the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or resembling a fistula

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

fistula (an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface)

Derivation:

fistula (an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface)

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