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🎈 A data probe 🩺 A thin tube
sonde

sonde

9.9
A thin tube placed inside the body to feed, drain, or measure internal conditions
  • noun
  • /sɒnd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sonda
  • A feeding sonde was used to provide nutrition to the patient after surgery.

Examples

  • The nurse checked the placement of the sonde before starting the procedure.

  • The doctor carefully inserted a sonde to monitor the patient's internal pressure.

  • The doctor inserted a sonde to monitor the patient's condition.

  • A sonde is often used in medical procedures.

  • The doctor carefully inserted a sonde to monitor the patient's internal pressure.

  • A feeding sonde was used to provide nutrition to the patient after surgery.

  • The nurse checked the placement of the sonde before starting the procedure.

Synonyms

catheter
vssonde
  • Specialized
64 7.4

A thin flexible tube that you put into the body to drain fluids or keep a passage open

is used for feeding, draining, or measuring internal conditions rather than only passing fluids

How Invasive

nasogastric feeding
  • Specialized
4.9
sonde
  • Specialized
9.9
catheter
  • Specialized
64 7.4
tube
680 2.0

Surface Forms

sonde singular
sondes plural

Etymology

Sonde comes from French sonde and the verb sonder, which mean 'probe' or 'to test', so in medicine a sonde is a thin tube put into the body to give food, drain fluid, or measure internal conditions.