Associations to the word «Fistula»

Wiktionary

FISTULA, noun. (medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
FISTULA, noun. (rare) A tube, a pipe, or a hole.

Dictionary definition

FISTULA, noun. A chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse.
FISTULA, noun. An abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca