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Definition of "fistulae" [fistulae]

  • Plural form of fistula. (noun)

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Use "fistulae" in a sentence
  • "It would be years, and many more operations on these same women and others, before he perfected a surgical technique using silver wire suture that resolved the fistulae completely."
  • "Indeed, it is a sad comment about the world in which we live that most women in the so called 'Third World do not have access to even the most rudimentary gynaecological or obstetric healthcare and that vaginal fistulae are so common."
  • "They told me about the resulting loss of their reproductive organs and the fistulae they got - the hole between their vagina and anus or vagina and bladder that no longer allowed them to hold their urine or faeces."