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- verb Alternative form of
catheterize .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb insert a catheter into (a body part)
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Examples
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They didn't catheterise him and he practically ruptured his bladder before they cottoned on.
sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2001
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After removal of the anterior end of the middle turbinated bone, it may be possible to catheterise the sinus and wash out pus from its interior.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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