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Catheter

Catheter Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Catheter? [n] a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open Synonyms \| Synonyms for Catheter: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Catheter: adjutage \| drainpipe \| efflux tube \| fire hose \| flue pipe \| funnel \| garden hose \| gas pipe \| hose \| hosepipe \| nipple \| organ pipe \| pipe \| pipeline \| pipette \| piping \| reed \| reed pipe \| siamese \| siamese connection \| siphon \| snorkel \| soil pipe \| standpipe \| steam pipe \| stem \| straw \| tap \| tube \| tubing \| tubulation \| tubule \| tubulet \| tubulure \| waste pipe \| water pipe See Also \| endotracheal tube \| tube \| tubing Catheter In Webster's Dictionary \Cath"e*ter\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a thing let down or put in, catheter, fr. ? to send down, to let down; ? + ? to send.] (Med.) 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. {Eustachian catheter}. See under {Eustachian}. {Prostatic catheter}, one adapted for passing an enlarged prostate.

Catheter Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Catheter?

[n] a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open

Synonyms | Synonyms for Catheter:

See Also | endotracheal tube | tube | tubing

Catheter In Webster's Dictionary

\Cath"e*ter\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a thing let down or put
in, catheter, fr. ? to send down, to let down; ? + ? to
send.] (Med.)
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.

{Eustachian catheter}. See under {Eustachian}.

{Prostatic catheter}, one adapted for passing an enlarged
   prostate.

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