different between cannular vs cannula

English

Alternative forms

• canular

Adjective

cannular (comparative more cannular, superlative most cannular)

1. Having the form of a tube; tubular.

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kænj?l?/

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannula.

Noun

cannula f (plural cannule)

1. cannula

Related terms

• canna

Latin

Etymology

From canna +? -ula.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kan.nu.la/, [?kän????ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kan.nu.la/, [?k?n?ul?]

Noun

cannula f (genitive cannulae); first declension

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

Descendants

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