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Webster 1913 Edition
Catheter
Cath′e-ter
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a thing let down or put in, catheter, fr. [GREEK] to send down, to let down; [GREEK] + [GREEK] to send.]
(Med.)
The name of various instruments for passing along mucous canals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be introduced into the bladder through the urethra to draw off the urine.
Eustachian catheter
. See under
– Eustachian
. Prostatic catheter
, one adapted for passing an enlarged prostate.
Webster 1828 Edition
Catheter
CATHETER
,Noun.