catheterize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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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
During her four months in hospitals and rehabilitation centers, Rosalyn Stanley learned to catheterize herself.
From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 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
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