cannula

noun
🔊/ˈkænjələ/
🔊/ˈkænjələ/
(plural cannulae
🔊/ˈkænjəliː/
🔊/ˈkænjəliː/
, cannulas)
(medical医学)
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  1. a thin tube that is put into a vein or other part of the body, for example to give somebody medicine(输药等的)插管,套管
    • A cannula was then inserted into the vein.然后将套管插入静脉。
    Topics Medicinec2
    Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin ‘small reed’, diminutive of canna from Greek kanna, kannē, of Semitic origin.