coudé
9.9
A catheter with a slightly curved tip to pass a blocked tube from the bladder
- noun
- /kuːˈdeɪ/
- Specialized
:
catéter coudé
- A coudé is often used when a standard catheter cannot pass through a blockage.
Examples
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The urologist selected a coudé to help navigate the patient's enlarged prostate.
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Nurses are trained to insert a coudé for patients with certain urinary difficulties.
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The doctor used a coudé catheter during the procedure.
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Can you pass me the coudé catheter?
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The urologist selected a coudé to help navigate the patient's enlarged prostate.
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A coudé is often used when a standard catheter cannot pass through a blockage.
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Nurses are trained to insert a coudé for patients with certain urinary difficulties.
Synonyms
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7.4
A thin flexible tube that you put into the body to drain fluids or keep a passage open
is a specific curved form used to pass through narrowed or obstructed urethras
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Etymology
Coudé comes from the French word coude, 'elbow', and so a coudé catheter has a slightly bent tip like an elbow to help it pass through a narrow or blocked urethra.