cannular


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can·nu·lar

also can·u·lar  (kăn′yə-lər)
adj.
Of, relating to, or resembling a tube; tubular.
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Adj.1.cannular - constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
tubelike, tube-shaped, tubular, vasiform
hollow - not solid; having a space or gap or cavity; "a hollow wall"; "a hollow tree"; "hollow cheeks"; "his face became gaunter and more hollow with each year"
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