Fistula

fist'u-la, n. pi. -L^E.-le. A reed; pipe. (Surg.) A deep, narrow, chronic absce . An abnormal opening from one internal organ to another, caused by ulceration or accident [L., a pipe; Gr. psuchein. to blow.] — Fist'ular, -ulous, -lus, a. Hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed: of the nature of a ula. — Fist'ulate, To become a pipe or fistula — v. To make hollow like a pipe. — Fistu'liform a. Having a fistular form; tubular. [L. form a, form.; Fit, a. Adapted to an end, object, or design: suitable by nature, art, or culture suitable to a standard of duty, propriety, or taste; proper becoming; expedient; apt; adequate, —v. To make or suitable, adapt to the purpose intended, qualify; to bring into a required form: to furnish duly; to be suitable to, answer the requirements of. —v. To be proper or becoming, of the right size, or adjusted to the desired shape; to suit.—?). Adjustment; adaptedne . (Mach.) Coincidence of parts in contact. [Ic. fitja, to knit together, Goth, fetjan, to adorn, Ic. fat, clothing.] —To fit out. To supply with nece aries or means. — To f. up. To furnish with things suitable.— Fitly, adv. Properly.— Fit '- ne , n. — Fifter, n. — Fit'ting, n. Anything used in fitting up. pi. Nece ary fixtures.—p. a. Fit; proper. Fit, n. A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a convulsion; paroxysm; attack of disease; an attack of anything which masters one for a time; a pa ing humor impulsive action; a sudden emi ion a song, strain, canto. [AS. a song, also struggle, Ic./ei, a step, (poetical) foot, part of a poem, Skr. pad a, a step, verse of a poem, pad, foot.] — By by fits and starts. By intervals of action and repose; impulsively and irregularly. — Fitful, -ful, a. Full of irregularly variable spasmodic; unstable. — Fit'fuUy, adv. Fitch. Same as Vetch. Fitchet, fich'et, -ew, -oo, n. A polecat: foumart. [OF. fi au, OB.fi e, polecat, D. vies, nasty.]— Fitch, n. Fur of, etc. [Contr. of fitchet.} Fitz, n. A son,— used as a prefix to proper names, and, in Eng., of illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood. [Norm. F. fiz, filtz, F. L. filius Ru . witch (suffix), son.]