cannulize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

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))”).
Of a body part: to assume the form of a thin tube.

/ˈkænjʊlaɪz/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cannulize.wav /ˈkænjəˌlaɪz/

cannulize cannulizes cannulizing cannulized cannulise

From cannula + -ize (suffix forming verbs indicating the doing of what is denoted by the adjectives or nouns to which the suffix is attached).

cannulate

decannulate

cannula cannulation decannulate recannulate

cannulised cannulized cannulization

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