English Explanatory Dictionary

fistulous

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or pertaining to a fistula.
Resembling a reed; hollow and tubular

Word forms

fistulous more fistulous most fistulous

Etymology

Possibly from Latin fistulōsus (“pipe-shaped, hole-filled, fistulous”), or an English medical pseudo-Latinism via fistula + -ous.

Synonyms

syringoid

Derived words

fistulous withers

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