English-Portuguese translations for fistula

• fístula
  Construiu clínicas, onde operava mulheres que sofriam de fístulas, em consequência de partos difíceis. He built clinics, in which he operated on women suffering from fistulas following difficult births.
  Finalmente, apoio decididamente as alterações apresentadas pela senhora deputada Junker e pelo senhor deputado Bowis sobre o problema da fístula vaginal. Finally, I very much support the amendments by Mrs Junker and Mr Bowis on the problem of vaginal fistula.
  Estavam em fila, e aquele fio de urina devia-se ao facto de terem ficado com fístulas vaginais por falta de cuidados médicos durante o parto em zonas remotas da Etiópia. They were queuing up and there was a stream of urine because they had developed a vaginal fistula as a result of there being no medical care during childbirth in remote parts of Ethiopia.

Definition of fistula

• An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect
• A tube, a pipe, or a hole

Related words

• fistular
• fistulose
• fistulous withers
• vesicovaginal fistula