Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To assume the form or character of a fistula, as an abscess.
  • Hollowed like a pipe or fistula: as, “a fistulated ulcer,”

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • verb obsolete To make hollow or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.

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  • verb obsolete, transitive, intransitive To make or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective hollow and tube-shaped like a reed

Etymologies

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Compare Latin fistulatus furnished with pipes.

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