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cannulate

Pronunciation: /ˈkanjʊleɪt/

Definition of cannulate

verb

[with object] Surgery
  • introduce a cannula or thin tube into (a vein or body cavity): a jugular vein was cannulated to allow drug administration intravenously

Derivatives

cannulation

noun

cannulate in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of cannulate in the US English dictionary