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catheters

  • plural
    of catheter.
    catheter
    noun
    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.

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ICE catheters provide real-time, high-resolution imaging of the heart during electrophysiology procedures, according to Medtronic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

The prices of other Karex products, from personal lubricants and probe covers to catheters and aluminium foil packaging, have also increased, Goh said.

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026

In earlier studies, scientists sometimes inserted catheters into veins in a patient's neck to collect blood as it left the brain.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 17, 2025

The best treatment is a thrombectomy, where a specialist uses catheters and wires to remove the clot.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025

The nurses work rapidly to detach the monitors and catheters and run another tube down my throat.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

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