cannulation
nounUK /ˌkæn.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
US /ˌkæn.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/
Cannulation is when a doctor puts a small tube into your body to help give medicine or take blood.
The nurse explained that cannulation would only take a minute and would feel like a tiny pinch.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The act of inserting a hollow tube into a duct or cavity for medical treatment.
Cannulation of the bile duct was needed to drain the fluid.
3. The process of making a small opening or channel in a structure.
The surgeon performed cannulation of the blood vessel before the bypass.
4. In biology, the formation of a tube-like structure within tissue.
Cannulation of the tissue was observed under the microscope.