catheterize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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Conjugated Forms
Present
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catheterizesimple
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catheterizessimple
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have catheterizedperfect
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has catheterizedperfect
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am catheterizingprogressive
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are catheterizingprogressive
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is catheterizingprogressive
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have been catheterizingperfect progressive
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has been catheterizingperfect progressive
Past
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catheterizedsimple
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had catheterizedperfect
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was catheterizingprogressive
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were catheterizingprogressive
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had been catheterizingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of catheterize
Example Sentences
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Sometimes the bladder fills but doesn’t empty, and astronauts need to catheterize themselves.
From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2023
Just a few feet away from the swarm of reporters, she crouched unnoticed to catheterize her son.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2015
Roman doctors knew how to perform amputations and caesarean sections, how to take out eyes, catheterize bladders, and perform pelvic exams with a speculum.
From Forbes ● May 21, 2015
OK, then, Mr. Deeson, we’re going to have to catheterize you again.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2013
“We have seen athletes catheterize themselves,” Wadler said.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2010
“In my previous pregnancy, the doctor threatened to drop me from care because I preferred to not be catheterized, because it’s very painful,” she said.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2022
He has a feeding tube and needs to be catheterized every four hours and constantly monitored for seizures.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2018
“If I have a 10-year-old that has to be catheterized two to three times a day at schools, I would not want multiple sets of eyes looking at my daughter’s private regions,” Smith says.
From US News ● Mar. 23, 2016
He was eventually returned to Varick and catheterized, he wrote.
From New York Times ● Feb. 24, 2010
Once she held her urine and had to be catheterized.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)
In court filings, the hospital does not deny conducting an exam, administering sedatives intravenously, catheterizing the woman to collect urine, and conducting X-rays and abdominal and pelvic CT scans.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2018
She eats better, catheterizing is no longer necessary.
From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)
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