Fistula vs. Sinus

Fistulanoun

(medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.

Fistulanoun

(rare) A tube, a pipe, or a hole.

Fistulanoun

The tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice.

Fistulanoun

A reed; a pipe.

Fistulanoun

A pipe for convejing water.

Fistulanoun

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.

Fistulanoun

a chronic inflammation of the withers of a horse

Fistulanoun

an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface

Fistula

A fistula (plural: fistulas or fistulae ; from Latin fistula, ) is an abnormal connection between two hollow spaces (technically, two epithelialized surfaces), such as blood vessels, intestines, or other hollow organs.Types of fistula can be described by their location. Anal fistulas connect between the anal canal and the perianal skin.

Sinusnoun

A pouch or cavity in a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities the paranasal sinus.

Sinusnoun

(anatomy) An irregular venous or lymphatic cavity, reservoir, or dilated vessel.

Sinusnoun

Relating to or denoting the sinoatrial node of the heart or its function of regulating the heartbeat.

Sinusnoun

(pathology) An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, leading from a deep-seated infection and discharging pus to the surface.

Sinusnoun

(botany) A rounded notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of a leaf or petal.

Sinusnoun

(geography) A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.

Sinusnoun

An opening; a hollow; a bending.

Sinusnoun

A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.

Sinusnoun

A cavity; a depression.

Sinusnoun

A narrow, elongated cavity, in which pus is collected; an elongated abscess with only a small orifice.

Sinusnoun

A depression between adjoining lobes.

Sinusnoun

an abnormal passage leading from a suppurating cavity to the body surface

Sinusnoun

any of various air-filled cavities especially in the bones of the skull

Sinusnoun

a wide channel containing blood; does not have the coating of an ordinary blood vessel