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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fis·tu·la n.; pl. Fistulæ
 1. A reed; a pipe.
 2. A pipe for convejing water. [Obs.]
 3. Med. A permanent abnormal opening into the soft parts with a constant discharge; a deep, narrow, chronic abscess; an abnormal opening between an internal cavity and another cavity or the surface; as, a salivary fistula; an anal fistula; a recto-vaginal fistula.
 Incomplete fistula Med., a fistula open at one end only.
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