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Fistula vs Penetration - What's the difference?

fistula | penetration |

As nouns the difference between fistula and penetration

is that fistula is (medicine) an abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect while penetration is penetration.

fistula

English

Alternative forms

* fistule

Noun

  • (medicine) An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
  • * 1903 , William Rice Pryor, Gynæcology , page 113
    • Small fistulæ are to be closed bilaterally in an antero-posterior line
  • * 1917 , Louis Adolph Merillat, Fistula of the Withers and Poll-Evil , page 5
    • There are several reasons why a manual on this disease should be a part of the veterinary literature of the day, the chief one being that fistula of the withers is a very prevalent disease of horses and thus exacts a big toll from the horse industry.
  • * 1998', Scott Fisher, ''Enterocutaneous '''Fistulas'' , in Theodore J. Saclarides, Keith W. Millikan (editors), ''Common Surgical Diseases: An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving , page 164,
    • Fistulas' are abnormal communications between two epithelialized surfaces. The causes of enterocutaneous '''fistulas''' can be remembered using the mnemonic FRIEND: '''F'''oreign body, '''R'''adiation, '''I'''nflammation/Infection/Inflammatory bowel disease, '''E'''pithelialization, '''N'''eoplasm, and '''D'''istal obstruction. Fifteen to twenty-five percent of enterocutaneous ' fistulas arise spontaneously as in, for example, Crohn's disease or cancer.
  • * 2008 , Sylvia Escott-Stump, Nutrition and Diagnosis-related Care , page 405
    • An intestinal fistula is an unwanted pathway from intestines to other organs (e.g., the bladder).
  • (rare) A tube, a pipe, or a hole.

    • Usage notes

    * (medicine) The skin is regarded as an organ, so the definition includes the abnormal connection of an intenal organ to the body's exterior (as in, for example, enterocutaneous fistulas). * Sometimes, a fistula will be intentionally created; for example, an is sometimes created to ease the treatment of a patient with end stage renal failure.

    Synonyms

    * (tube) pipe, tube

    Derived terms

    * fistular * fistulous

    See also

    * ("fistula" on Wikipedia) English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    penetration

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of penetrating something.
    • Any penetration , however slight, is sufficient to complete the offense.
  • Specifically, the insertion of the penis (or similar object) during sexual intercourse.
  • The act of penetrating a given situation with the mind or faculties; perception, discernment.
  • * 1817 , (Walter Scott), Rob Roy , XVI:
    • my observations of her looks and actions became acutely sharpened, and that to a degree which, notwithstanding my efforts to conceal it, could not escape her penetration .
  • A number or fraction that represents how many cards/decks will be dealt before shuffling, in contrast to the total number of cards/decks in play.

    • Derived terms

    * double penetration * interpenetration