catheter

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Sorry if TMI but I was livid when I found out because he obviously wasn't TOLD that the catheter was attached; in fact, he said he thought he could take it with him …

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  1. noun A hollow flexible tube for insertion into a body cavity, duct, or vessel to allow the passage of fluids or distend a passageway. Its uses include the drainage of urine from the bladder through the urethra or insertion through a blood vessel into the heart for diagnostic purposes.

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  • Doctors can verify this and administer the necessary therapy with the help of a catheter, which is inserted into the body through a small incision in the groin area and pushed to the heart through the vascular system. —  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
  • Sorry if TMI but I was livid when I found out because he obviously wasn't TOLD that the catheter was attached; in fact, he said he thought he could take it with him … —  Merrily we roll along
  • ` Dior ` is a balloon catheter which is able to elute paclitaxel local in the culprit lesion and clear the blockage (In cases of Instent Restenosis) and also prevent it from re-occuring. —  News Centre@myiris.com India's Most Comprehensive Financial Destination
  • Researchers have found that shaving an area of horse's skin over the jugular vein before the insertion of a catheter is the best course to reduce the risk of infection. —  Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines
  • We also completed market evaluations of the Gandras catheter, which is principally used in uterine artery embolization procedures, and we released the Gandras catheter for full worldwide launch in the third quarter with excellent clinical results and good physician reception. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator (real estate blogs)
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  1. Late Latin, from Greek kathetēr, from kathīenai, kathe-, to send down : kat-, kata-, cata- + hīenai, to send; see yē- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French cathéter = Spanish cateter = Portuguese catheter = Italian catetere = D. G. Danish katheter = Swedish kateter, from Late Latin catheter, from Greek καθετήρ, a catheter, a plug, from κάθετος, let down, perpendicular, from καθιέναι, send down, let down, thrust in, from κατά down, + ίέναι, send, causative of ἰέναι = Latin ire, go: see go.
 

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/ˈkæθɛtər/
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