fistulate
English
    
    Etymology
    
Compare Latin fistulatus (“furnished with pipes”).
Pronunciation
    
- (verb) IPA(key): /ˈfɪstjʊleɪt/
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- (adjective) IPA(key): /ˈfɪstjʊlət/
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Verb
    
fistulate (third-person singular simple present fistulates, present participle fistulating, simple past and past participle fistulated)
- (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To make or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC:- 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.
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