cannula

Borrowed from Late Latin cannula, canula (“tubular surgical instrument”), from Latin cannula (“reed; small reed- or tube-shaped object”), from canna (“cane; reed; object made from or shaped like a cane or reed”)^[1] + -ula (feminine form of -ulus (diminutive suffix). Canna is derived from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾱ (kắnnā, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “cane; reed”).

The plural form cannulae is borrowed from Late Latin cannulae.

• Singular
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkænjʊlə/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkænjələ/

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  • Hyphenation: can‧nu‧la
• Plural (cannulae):
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkænjʊli/, /-aɪ/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkænjəli/, /-aɪ/
  • Hyphenation: can‧nu‧lae

cannula (plural cannulas or cannulae or cannulæ)

2. (medicine) A tube inserted into the body to drain or inject fluid.
   • 1915, F. H. Westmacott, System of Treatment by many Writers, volume III, The Macmillan Company, page 717:

     Two or three cannulæ are requisite also for washing out the sinuses.

   • 2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, pages 819–820:

     The cannula had come askew in his nose and he pushed it straight, his hand moving slowly, like the hand of a man who is dreaming with his eyes open.

3. (aviation) A hose or tube that connects directly from an oxygen bottle or other source to the user's nose, commonly used by aircraft pilots or others needing direct oxygen breathing apparatus.

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Borrowed from Latin cannula.

cannula f (plural cannule)

1. cannula

• canna

From canna +‎ -ula.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkan.nʊ.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkan.nu.la]

cannula f (genitive cannulae); first declension

1. diminutive of canna: a small reed or tube-shaped object.

First-declension noun.

• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “cannula”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 124

• “cannula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cannula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.