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fistulous, a.|ˈfɪstjʊləs|
[ad. L. fistulōs-us: see prec. and -ous.]
1. Path. Of or pertaining to a fistula; of the nature of a fistula; attacked by a fistula.
1611Cotgr., Injection..a squirting, or conueying of a liquid medicine..into a hollow and fistulous vlcer. 1721S. Sewall Diary 13 Mar. (1882) III. 284 His fistulous thigh. 1797Baillie Morb. Anat. (1807) 337 A fistulous orifice is gradually formed. 1869E. A. Parkes Pract. Hygiene (ed. 3) 98 Fistulous sores are apt to be produced.
2. a. Resembling a pipe or tube in form, tubular. b. Having or containing a tube or tubes; honey-combed with small tubes. c. Of a flower: Having many long hollow florets.
1578Banister Hist. Man iv. 48 b, The flesh of it [the tongue] is rare, Fistulous, & soft. 1601Holland Pliny I. xi. i. 310 Hanging togither only by a little pipe and fistulous conveiance. 1603― Plutarch's Mor. 1009 As for the flesh of the Polype, it is to see to, fistulous, and spongeous, like unto hony-combs. 1671Grew Anat. Plants i. v. (1682) 39 The Fistulous Pouches of Wake-Robin, or of Dragon. 1688J. Clayton in Phil. Trans. XVIII. 128 Vipers..have I believe their Poisonous Teeth Fistulous. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 185 The Flowers..having their lower Part fistulous. 1830Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 159 Stems fistulous rooting. 1858Times 4 Nov. 7/3 The careworn soil..pierced with fistulous passages of miles of hard piping. |