Noun: cannula
| Singular | cannula |
| Plural | cannulas; cannulae; cannulæ |
Sample Sentences
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Two or three cannulæ are requisite also for washing out the sinuses. [1915, F. H. Westmacott, System of Treatment by many Writers, volume III, The Macmillan Company, page 717:]
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The cannula had come askew in his nose and he pushed it straight, his hand moving slowly, like the hand of a man who is dreaming with his eyes open. [2011, Stephen King, 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 819 of 819–820:]
Nouns inflected like cannula
saliva,
sclera,
subpoena,
persona,
panacea,
amoebula,
cannula,
corolla,
hydrotheca,
scrofula,
fovea,
flora,
hydra,
testa,
vulva,
amebula,
ballista,
hyperbola,
infant formula,
endotesta, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Borrowed from Late Latin cannula, canula (“tubular surgical instrument”), from Latin cannula (“reed; small reed- or tube-shaped object”), from canna (“cane; reed; object made from or shaped like a cane or reed”) + -ula (feminine form of -ulus (diminutive suffix). Canna is derived from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă, “reed”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “cane; reed”).
2. The plural form cannulae is borrowed from Late Latin cannulae. See: Latin Nouns '
cannula'.