fistulate

2 definitions found

fistulate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fistulate \Fis"tu*late\ (?; 135), v. t. & i. [Cf. L. fistulatus
     furnished with pipes.]
     To make hollow or become hollow like a fistula, or pipe.
     [Obs.] "A fistulated ulcer." --Fuller.
     [1913 Webster]

fistulate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  fistulate
      adj 1: hollow and tube-shaped like a reed [syn: fistular,
             fistulate, fistulous]