Cannulize

Quick meaning: Cannulize is a verb meaning (intransitive, anatomy, embryology) Of a body part: to assume the form of a thin tube.

Meaning

(intransitive, anatomy, embryology) Of a body part: to assume the form of a thin tube.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, medicine) Synonym of cannulate (“to insert a cannula (“tube to drain or inject fluid”) into (a body part such as a cavity, organ, or vessel (especially a vein))”).

Example Sentences

The external jugular vein was cannulised for purposes of injection.

Warming the limb to be cannulised may assist to make the veins more palpable and easier to access.

As he began to cannulise Jacquie he speculated if it was wise to do so as too much fluid could blow a forming clot.

Several unsuccessful attempts have been made to avoid contact with the skin by cannulising the fistulas and collecting the excretion in a balloon.

Word Forms

• cannulizes
• cannulizing
• cannulized
• cannulise

Synonyms for cannulize

Depending on context, synonyms include cannulate.

Antonyms for cannulize

Common opposites include decannulate.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cannulise, decannulate, decanalise, decanalize, enucleate, canker.

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