catheter
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈkæθɪtər/
- Specialized
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catéter
- Patients will need to empty this themselves by inserting a catheter and draining the contents several times a day.
- Foley catheter
- urinary catheter
- indwelling catheter
And then there's a what looks like a catheter tube.
- And then there's a what looks like a catheter tube.
- Now please, here's a self lubricating catheter.
- Yeah, we, yeah, we used to drill holes in animals heads and then put in a little catheter, a little tube.
- It's basically a central catheter and it provides nutrition to a child directly to their heart.
- I don't have to piss out of a catheter.
- I was like, dude, man, I've had friends who have had catheters up their Dick hole.
- I know he's eating and luckily we never had to put the catheter in them, thank God.
- It's the places we put the catheters into and take electricity to address tremors, to address obesity.
- Basically, it's like, you know, and, and and this is like all your mail that's not from AARP is from catheter companies.
Examples
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Chemotherapy, introduced directly into the bladder via a catheter, can also be used to destroy cancer cells.
Academic text (2011) -
So Foley catheter allows your your bladder to drain without your having consciously to go to the bathroom.
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And I know I had the catheter for a month.
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- Is there a catheter in me?
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Do you happen to know what a catheter is?
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Have you ever changed a catheter?
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Now there is no catheter in this child's body.
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I didn't know how they got that catheter in there.
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She's here to insert your husband's catheter.
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The doctor carefully inserted the catheter to ensure the patient could receive fluids easily.
Synonyms
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5.4
A tube put into the body to remove fluid after surgery
How Thin
Surface Forms
Etymology
Catheter comes from Greek parts kata 'down' and a root that means 'to send', so it originally meant something 'sent down' into the body. So, a catheter today is a thin, flexible tube sent into the body to let fluids pass or to keep a path open.