fistulate
English
Etymology
Compare Latin fistulatus (“furnished with pipes”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (verb) /ˈfɪstjʊleɪt/
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- IPA(key): (adjective) /ˈfɪstjʊlət/
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Verb
fistulate (third-person singular simple present fistulates, present participle fistulating, simple past and past participle fistulated)
- (obsolete, ambitransitive) 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
fistulate (not comparable)
- Hollowed like a fistula.
References
- “fistulate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
fistulāte
- vocative masculine singular of fistulātus