Definition of Catheterise

1. Verb. Insert a catheter into (a body part). "Catheterize the patient's bladder"

Exact synonyms: Catheterize
Generic synonyms: Enclose, Inclose, Insert, Introduce, Put In, Stick In
Derivative terms: Catheter, Catheterisation, Catheterization, Catheter

Definition of Catheterise

1. Verb. (alternative form of catheterize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Catheterise

1. To pass a catheter. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catheterise

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cathepsins
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catheretics
catherine wheel
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catheter ablation
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catheter gauge
catheter guide
catheterisation
catheterisations
catheterise (current term)
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catheterization
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cathetometer
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Literary usage of Catheterise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1877)
"Some medical man endeavoured to catheterise him, but failed. He was admitted into hospital upon the 27th May, at 11 am The house-surgeon gave patient a warm ..."

2. An Index of Surgery: Being a Concise Classification of the Main Facts and by Charles Robert Bell Keetley (1885)
"Always catheterise if there l,e thf slightest doubt. In suppression of urine the bladder is nearly or ... catheterise at once (except in hysterical cases). ..."

3. A Handbook of Clinical Electric-light Cystoscopy by Edwin Hurry Fenwick (1904)
"That is to say, we cannot generally leave the catheter first introduced into one ureter in place ; liberate it ; catheterise the opposite side, ..."

4. The British Gynaecological Journal by British Gynaecological Society (1898)
"It is not necessary to say ot what vital moment it is in diagnosis to determine the condition of a ureter, to catheterise a kidney, to ascertain which ..."

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