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What is a cannula?

What is a cannula? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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.
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This waif-like girl was sitting upright, gasping for breath with an oxygen cannula dripping blood.
These fibres were steadily improved and eventually resulted in the needle probe which is inserted by means of a guide cannula into the tissue.
The anaesthetist can then use the cannula to inject anaesthetic or painkilling drugs directly into the epidural space.
The cannula was fixed to the skull with dental cement and capped with silicon without an obtruder.
A second electrocardiograph was attached and an intravenous cannula inserted, and I was given some diamorphine.
The surgeon uses a special hip arthroscopy cannula with cannulated obturators to establish the portals.

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