noun🔗ShareAn abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect."After a difficult surgery, a fistula formed between the bladder and the intestine, causing an infection. "medicineanatomydiseasebodyorganphysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA tube, a pipe, or a hole."The plumber used a special tool to clear the fistula in the drain pipe. "medicineanatomydiseasebodyorganphysiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareThe tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice."The museum displayed a delicate, silver fistula used long ago to ensure communicants could reverently receive the wine of the Eucharist without spilling. "religionritualutensilhistorydrinkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading