CANNULATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they cannulate ... he / she / it cannulates

Past simple: cannulated

Past participle: cannulated

-ing form: cannulating

Meaning:

Introduce a cannula or tube into

Example:

Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck

Synonyms:

cannulate; cannulise; cannulize; canulate; intubate

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "cannulate" is one way to...):

enter; infix; insert; introduce (put or introduce into something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

cannula (a small flexible tube inserted into a body cavity for draining off fluid or introducing medication)

cannulation; cannulisation; cannulization; canulisation; canulization (the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ)