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Fistula vs Sinus - What's the difference?

fistula | sinus |

As nouns the difference between fistula and sinus

is that fistula is an abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect while sinus is a pouch or cavity in any organ or tissue, especially the paranasal sinus.

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 ----

    sinus

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sinus) (sinuses)
  • (anatomy) A pouch or cavity in any organ or tissue, especially the paranasal sinus.
  • A notch or depression between two lobes or teeth in the margin of an organ.
  • (pathology) An abnormal cavity or passage such as a fistula, caused by the destruction of tissue.
  • A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore.

    • Derived terms

    * sinusitis * ethmoid sinus * frontal sinus * maxillary sinus * sphenoid sinus * paranasal sinus

    Anagrams

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