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Definition of cannula noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

cannula

noun

NAmE//ˈkænyələ//

(pl. cannulae

NAmE//ˈkænyəli//

or cannulas) (medical)

a thin tube that is put into a vein or other part of the body, for example to give someone medicine

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