Definition
A thin flexible tube inserted into the body to deliver or remove fluids, commonly used in hospitals for IVs or blood draws.
Etymology
From Latin 'cannula' (small reed or tube), diminutive of 'canna' (reed/cane). Medieval physicians named it after plant reeds because early medical tubes resembled hollow plant stems.
Kelly Says
Doctors borrowed the word from reeds because plant reeds were literally used as early medical tubes—nature gave them the perfect model for a hollow tube centuries before plastic was invented!
Translations
ARالعربية
cannula
kan-nyu-la
BNবাংলা
ক্যান্যুলা
kan-nyu-la
CACatalà
cannula
kan-nyu-la
CSČeština
cannula
kan-nyu-la
DADansk
cannula
kan-nyu-la
DEDeutsch
Kanüle
kan-y-lə
ELΕλληνικά
cannula
kan-nyu-la
ESEspañol
cánula
kan-yoo-la
FAفارسی
cannula
kan-nyu-la
FISuomi
cannula
kan-nyu-la
FRFrançais
canule
kan-yul
HEעברית
קאנוולה
kan-nyu-la
HIहिन्दी
कैन्युला
kan-nyu-la
HUMagyar
cannula
kan-nyu-la
IDBahasa Indonesia
cannula
kan-nyu-la
ITItaliano
cannula
kan-nyu-la
MSBahasa Melayu
cannula
kan-nyu-la
MYမြန်မာ
cannula
kan-nyu-la
NLNederlands
cannula
kan-nyu-la
NONorsk
cannula
kan-nyu-la
PLPolski
cannula
kan-nyu-la
PTPortuguês
cânula
kan-y-la
RORomână
cannula
kan-nyu-la
RUРусский
cannula
kan-nyu-la
SVSvenska
cannula
kan-nyu-la
SWKiswahili
cannula
kan-nyu-la
TAதமிழ்
கேன்யூலா
kan-nyu-la
TEతెలుగు
కేన్యూలా
kan-nyu-la
TRTürkçe
cannula
kan-nyu-la
UKУкраїнська
cannula
kan-nyu-la
VITiếng Việt
cannula
kan-nyu-la