A flexible medical tube historically used for catheterization or drainage procedures, now largely replaced by modern catheters.
From Arabic 'al-gali' or similar origin, entered medical Latin during the medieval period. The term reflects the historical influence of Arab physicians on European medicine.
Algalia is a medical ghost word—it's completely obsolete but still appears in old medical texts, showing how modern medical practice abandoned these Arabic-named instruments!
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