See Also: Cannula(health)
cannula(medicine)
cannula(dictionary)
laparoscopic cannula(medicine)
perfusion cannula(medicine)
red-winged(dictionary)
winged(dictionary)
winged(1)(dictionary)
winged(2)(dictionary)
Winged(medicine)

winged(1) (iou) and cannula (iou)


winged(1) (iou)



winged adjective1. LME.
[from WING noun + -ED2.]
1. Having wings for flight, esp. of a specified kind or number; represented with wings; spec. (Heraldry) having wings of a specified tincture. Freq. as 2nd elem. of comb. LME.
four-winged, long-winged, swift-winged, etc.
BBC Wildlife Mayflies..the only insect group to have a winged larval stage. Allure The winged monkeys in The Wizard of Oz.
b. Of a ship: with sails set. poet. L16.
2. fig. Capable of or performing some movement or action represented as flight; flying or passing swiftly, swift, rapid. E16.
Shakespeare As You Like It A woman's thought runs before her actions...So do all thoughts; they are wing'd. J. Clare With double speed the wing'd hour gallops by.
3. Provided with or having one or more lateral parts, appendages, or projections. L16.
G. McCaughrean She dragged the winged armchair..behind the telephone engineer.
b. spec. Of a stem, seed, etc.: having membranous appendages or flanges. L18.
4. = PINNATE 1. M17-L18.
Special collocations: winged bean the Goa bean, Psophocarpus tetragonolobus. winged elm a small N. American elm, Ulmus alata, having branchlets with corky wings. winged oyster = wing oyster s.v. WING noun. winged thistle NZ either of two European thistles with winged stems, Carduus tenuiflorus and C. pycnocephalus, occurring as introduced weeds. winged words highly significant or apposite words (travelling swiftly as arrows to the mark).
wingedly adverb M17.
wingedness noun L18.

cannula (iou)



cannula noun. L17.
[Latin, dim. of canna CANE noun1.]
Surgery. A small tube which can be inserted into a body cavity or vessel to allow the entry or escape of fluid.
cannulate verb trans. introduce a cannula into E20.
cannu'lation noun M20.