fistula

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.

As nouns the difference between sulcus and fistula

is that sulcus is a furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue while fistula is an abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.

As a verb piles

is .

As a noun fistula is

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

As nouns the difference between parulis and fistula

is that parulis is gumboil while fistula is an abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.

As nouns the difference between atresia and fistula

is that atresia is (pathology) a condition in which a body orifice or passage in the body is abnormally closed or absent while fistula is (medicine) an abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.

As nouns the difference between fistula and tract

is that fistula is an abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect while tract is an area or expanse.

As a verb tract is

to pursue, follow; to track.

As a noun fistula is

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

As nouns the difference between fistula and abscess

is that fistula is (medicine) an abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect while abscess is a cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue .

As a verb abscess is

to form a pus filled cavity typically from an infection.

In medicine terms the difference between fistula and perforation

is that fistula is an abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect while perforation is an abnormal opening in an organ, such as a rupture.