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What is "cannulate"

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cannulate

vb. (context medicine English) to use a cannula; to insert a tube, particularly into a vein.

WordNet
cannulate

v. introduce a cannule or tube into; "Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck" [syn: cannulize, cannulise, intubate, canulate]

Usage examples of "cannulate".

She knew that to cannulate the fallopian tubes, the cervix had to be dilated, and dilating the cervix was excruciatingly painful.

Feldman set to work cannulating the man's radial artery, while a second resident numbed a spot near his navel and thrust a tube into the abdominal cavity.