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Catheter   /kˈæθətər/   Listen
Catheter

noun
1.
A thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open.



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"Catheter" Quotes from Famous Books



... he tickled her Then he patted her Then he passed the female catheter. For he was a medical ...
— Ulysses • James Joyce
... one instance within his knowledge a practitioner passed the catheter for a patient with puerperal fever late in the evening; the same night he attended a lady who had the symptoms of the disease on the second day. In another instance a surgeon was called while in the act of inspecting the body of a woman who had died of ...
— The Harvard Classics Volume 38 - Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) • Various


Words linked to "Catheter" :   tube, catheterize, tubing, catheterise, endotracheal tube


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