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- noun Plural form of
cannula .
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Examples
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Surgeons who don't use the laser in tumescent liposuction instead use instruments called cannulas to loosen fat before suctioning it away from the body.
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Hospitals are also encouraged to standardise the products they use - one trust used 287 different types of tubes known as cannulas, while another bought 15 variations of A4 paper.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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I was putting my coat back on, heading out the door, nothing to worry about, when one last test came back positive, and I found myself in a hospital bed with cannulas inserted and monitor machines ticking away.
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IVC/IVM 2-day course coming up next week. then i will have to start poking cannulas into patients. the following week: patient safety course.
overthefence Diary Entry overthefence 2008
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Some surgeons use both cannulas and the laser to get the job done.
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Marco had already cinched down the arterial and venous cannulas with more sutures.
The Silent Cradle Cuthbert, Margaret 1998
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Care bundles relating to cleaner commodes and the use of urinary catheters and cannulas have also been introduced.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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The 61 trusts examined bought 21 different types of A4 paper, 652 different types of surgical gloves and 1,751 different cannulas.
The Guardian World News Denis Campbell 2011
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"We have people ... pull their IVs out and throw blood-stained cannulas, sharps, any kind of weapon they can get their hands on, chairs, at the nursing staff," she said.
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Hopefully this will help me with the present problems I am having with the Quickset cannulas I am using for my paradigm712.
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