cannulize

English

WOTD – 7 April 2025

Etymology

From cannula +‎ -ize (suffix forming verbs indicating the doing of what is denoted by the adjectives or nouns to which the suffix is attached).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkænjʊlaɪz/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkænjəˌlaɪz/
  • Hyphenation: can‧nul‧ize

Verb

cannulize (third-person singular simple present cannulizes, present participle cannulizing, simple past and past participle cannulized) (American and Oxford British spelling)

  1. (transitive, medicine) Synonym of cannulate (“to insert a cannula (“tube to drain or inject fluid”) into (a body part such as a cavity, organ, or vessel (especially a vein))”).
    Antonym: decannulate
    • 1906, Roderick Tate Sutherland, “A Contribution to the Experimental Pathology of Catarrhal Jaundice”, in Benjamin Moore, Edward Whitley, editors, The Bio-chemical Journal, volume I, Liverpool: Bio-chemical Department, Johnston Laboratories, University of Liverpool, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 372:
      The external jugular vein was cannulised for purposes of injection.
    • 1908 July 1, Daniel R. Lucas, “Physiological and Pharmacological Studies of the Ureter. III.”, in H[enry] P[ickering] Bowditch [et al.], editors, The American Journal of Physiology, volume XXII, number II, Boston, Mass.: Ginn and Company [for the American Physiological Society], →ISSN, →OCLC, section III (Ureteral Pressure and Renal Circulation), page 260:
      The animal was anesthetized with ether or the skin over the femoral artery cocainized, the artery exposed and cannulized, and the animal bled to death.
    • 1932 June, Warren M. Sperry, Robert W. Angevine, “Lipid Excretion: IX. The Secretion of Lipids into the Intestine”, in Rudolph J[ohn] Anderson, Stanley R[ossiter] Benedict, Lafayette B[enedict] Mendel, Donald D[exter] Van Slyke, editors, The Journal of Biological Chemistry, volume XCVI, number 3, Baltimore, Md.: Cornell University Medical College; Waverly Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 781:
      Several unsuccessful attempts have been made to avoid contact with the skin by cannulising the fistulas and collecting the excretion in a balloon.
    • 1948, Jesse L. Bollman, Joseph B. Trainer, “Case Presentation: Juvenile Cirrhosis”, in General Basic Science: Aspects of Liver Physiology, volume V, [Silver Spring, Md.]: Research and Graduate School, Medical Department, United States Army, page 14:
      Our next step was to cannulize the lymphatic vessels in dogs in whom cirrhosis had been produced by repeated administration of carbon tetrachloride.
    • 1969, David A. Yphantis, Advances in Ultracentrifugal Analysis (Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; 164), New York, N.Y.: New York Academy of Sciences, →OCLC, page 596:
      In the case of the thyroid, new work has shown that if one cannulizes the thyroid vein, it can be demonstrated that thyroglobulin comes out into the circulation.
    • 2017, J. B. Woods, “Tuesday”, in Below the Belt (Hunter Trilogy; book 2), 6th edition, Morrisville, N.C.: Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 84:
      As he began to cannulise Jacquie he speculated if it was wise to do so as too much fluid could blow a forming clot.
    • 2019, Susie Gray, Leanne Ferris, Lois Elaine White, Gena Duncan, Wendy Baumle, “Medication Administration and IV Therapy”, in Foundations of Nursing: Enrolled Nurses, 2nd Australian and New Zealand edition, South Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic.: Cengage Learning Australia, →ISBN, part 6 (Infection Control), page 717, column 2:
      Warming the limb to be cannulised may assist to make the veins more palpable and easier to access.
    • 2023, Su Chang, Jeanie Skibiski, “Equipment and Monitoring”, in James S. Furstein, editor, Pediatric Anesthesia: A Comprehensive Approach to Safe and Effective Care, New York, N.Y.: Springer Publishing Company, →DOI, →ISBN, part II (Perioperative Anesthetic Care), page 88:
      Anesthesia providers should be aware that cannulizing the femoral route may lead to thrombosis and distal embolization to the foot[;] therefore the patient must be closely monitored.
  2. (intransitive, anatomy, embryology) Of a body part: to assume the form of a thin tube.
    • 1973, W. A. M. Smith, Ena Percy, “Diseases of the Lacrimal Apparatus”, in Ophthalmology: Part 1: Ophthalmic Techniques (Modern Practical Nursing Series; 14, part 1), London: William Heinemann Medical Books, →ISBN, page 93:
      Mechanism of obstruction of naso-lacrimal duct in newborn […] Solid column cannulises from above and below
    • 1982 September–October, J. William Wright, Jr, J. William Wright III, George Hicks, “Polytomography and Congenital Abnormalities of the Ear”, in Brian F. McCabe, editor, Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology: Annals of Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery, volume 91, number 5, part 1, St. Louis, Mo.: Annals Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 480, column 2:
      By the third fetal month the pinna has been formed from the first and second brachial arches, but it is not until the seventh fetal month that the ectodermal chord of cells cannulizes to form the tympanic membrane and then the external auditory meatus.
    • 1995, Peter G[eorge] Traber, Gary D. Wu, “Intestinal Development and Differentiation”, in Anil K. Rustgi, editor, Gastrointestinal Cancers: Biology, Diagnosis, and Therapy, Philadelphia, Pa.: Lippincott-Raven Publishers, →ISBN, section I (Biology of the Gastrointestinal Tract), page 23:
      All important morphological transformations in this region of the embryo begin during week 4, and the essential morphology of these organs is established by the end of the embryonic period. The esophagus elongates and cannulizes and the stomach bulge develops distal to the esophagus with subsequent turning of the stomach resulting in its final position.
    • 2008, Janet MacGregor, “The Reproductive System”, in Introduction to the Anatomy and Physiology of Children: A Guide for Students of Nursing, Child Care and Health, 2nd edition, Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN:
      The voice [of boys undergoing puberty] then 'breaks' as vocal cords enlarge in the expanding larynx and seminal discharge occurs ('wet dreams') as the seminal vesicles cannulise.

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Translations

of a body part: to assume the form of a thin tube

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