FISTULOUS • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Fistulous

... from a wound, made, for example, in the removal of a tumour or in an operation on the ramus of the jaw, so long as it is aseptic; but as a sequel of suppuration in the gland, and particularly of an abscess developing around a concretion, it is not uncommon. The fistulous opening is usually small, and may occur at any point over the gland. The fistula may be dry between meals, or the saliva may escape in small transparent drops, but the quantity is always greatly increased when food is taken. A parotid fistula, although it ...

— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles