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Definitions for Catheter
[1] a flexible or rigid hollow tube employed to drain fluids from body cavities or to distend body passages, especially one for passing into the bladder through the urethra to draw off urine or into the heart through a leg vein or arm vein for diagnostic examination.
[2] med a long slender flexible tube for inserting into a natural bodily cavity or passage for introducing or withdrawing fluid, such as urine or blood
Words nearby Catheter
catherine of braganza, catherine of siena, catherine parr, catherine the great, catherine wheel, catheter, catheter embolus, catheterization, catheterize, cathetus, cathexis
Origin of Catheter
1595–1605; < Late Latin < Greek kathetḗr kind of tube, literally, something sent or let down, equivalent to kathe- (variant stem of kathiénai, equivalent to kat- cata- + hiénai to send, let go) + -tḗr agent suffix
Word origin for Catheter
C17: from Late Latin, from Greek kathetēr, from kathienai to send down, insert