English
cannulate
From cannula + -ate (suffix forming verbs).
Formed from cannula + -ate
Akkadian Akkadian form
Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ ‘giant reed’
Latin canna ‘a reed, cane’
Late Latin cannula ‘reed’
English cannula
Today it means
verb To insert a cannula (“tube to drain or inject fluid”) into (a body part such as a cavity, organ, or vessel (especially a vein)).
Sources
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Etymograph / cannulate