Meaning & use

Cannular

adjective·Academic

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Shaped like or relating to a cannula; tubular or hollow like a thin tube.

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The device features a cannular channel through which fluid is drawn.

Botanists described the plant's cannular stem structure in the field guide.

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Derived from 'cannula', a thin medical tube, this adjective is fairly rare and appears mostly in technical or scientific writing.

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