cannula

Borrowed from Latin cannula (“small or low reed”), diminutive of canna (“cane, reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkænjʊlə/

cannula (plural cannulas or cannulae or cannulæ)

1. (medicine) A tube inserted in the body to drain or inject fluid.
2. (aviation) A hose or tube that connects directly to an oxygen (O₂) bottle/source from the user's nose, commonly used by aircraft pilots or others needing direct oxygen breathing apparatus.

• nasal cannula
• decannulate

Borrowed from Latin cannula.

cannula f (plural cannule)

1. cannula

• canna

From canna +‎ -ula.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.nu.la/, [ˈkan.nʊ.ɫa]

cannula f (genitive cannulae); first declension

1. A small or low reed.

First declension.

• cannula in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cannula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette