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Definition of Catheter
1. Noun. A thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open.
Generic synonyms: Tube, Tubing
Derivative terms: Catheterise, Catheterize
Definition of Catheter
1. n. The name of various instruments for passing along mucous canals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be introduced into the bladder through the urethra to draw off the urine.
Definition of Catheter
1. Noun. (medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to remove fluid, create an opening, distend a passageway or administer a drug ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Catheter
1. a medical instrument [n -S]
Medical Definition of Catheter
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Catheter
Literary usage of Catheter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1872)
"To use this catheter it is necessary to ascertain the position of the ...
The catheter, flat side parallel to the tongue, is passed just behind the velum ..."
2. The Science and art of surgery by John Eric Erichsen (1854)
"I find the best-shaped pros- tatic catheter to be one, the curve of which is ...
In introducing the catheter, care should be taken when the point enters the ..."
3. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1897)
"The soft rubber catheter so often fails to enter the bladder, ... Very rarely,
if ever, will he find it necessary to employ the metallic prostatic catheter. ..."
4. Proceedings by Philadelphia County Medical Society (1897)
"The soft rubber catheter so often fails to enter the bladder, ... Very rarely,
if ever, will he find it necessary to employ the metallic prostatic catheter. ..."
5. The Lancet (1842)
"Dr. Merriman then saw the patient, aud recommended puncturing the membranes with
a slender silver catheter, much bent. I placed her upon the sofa on the ..."
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