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catheter

[ kath-i-ter ]

noun

, Medicine/Medical.
  1. a flexible or rigid hollow tube employed to drain fluids from body cavities or to distend body passages, especially one for passing into the bladder through the urethra to draw off urine or into the heart through a leg vein or arm vein for diagnostic examination.


catheter

/ ˈkæθɪtə /

noun

  1. med a long slender flexible tube for inserting into a natural bodily cavity or passage for introducing or withdrawing fluid, such as urine or blood
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


catheter

/ kăthĭ-tər /

  1. A hollow, flexible tube inserted into a body cavity, duct, or vessel to allow the passage of fluids or distend a passageway.


catheter

  1. A thin tube inserted into one of the channels or blood vessels in the body to remove fluids , create an opening into an internal cavity, or administer injections.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of catheter1

1595–1605; < Late Latin < Greek kathetḗr kind of tube, literally, something sent or let down, equivalent to kathe- (variant stem of kathiénai, equivalent to kat- cata- + hiénai to send, let go) + -tḗr agent suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of catheter1

C17: from Late Latin, from Greek kathetēr, from kathienai to send down, insert
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Example Sentences

She receives hemodialysis treatments at home five times a week, administered by Hernan through a catheter in her shoulder, the lawsuit said.

Some have also hypothesized that he wore a catheter to solve the issue of bathroom breaks.

Then he had a urinary blockage that caused pain until they removed two liters of urine via a catheter.

With no phone, food, or medication for diabetes and pain management, she lay in her bed for hours, her catheter still in place, before the police arrived, the state said.

Ultrasound enables the doctor to pinpoint where the vein is, and where the catheter should go.

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Gently assist the progress of the catheter down the œsophagus until it passes the cardiac orifice of the stomach.

Insert the point of the pipette into the open end of the catheter and allow the fluid to run down into the stomach.

A pair of sharp scissors, with a piece of strong thread or cord, are indispensable, and a female catheter may be needed.

The bladder should be also looked to, as well as the bowels, and if necessary the catheter should be used.

If this does not relieve, the catheter must be used, and always before the bladder is too full.

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