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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.
Definition 2024
catheter
catheter
See also: cathéter
English
Noun
catheter (plural catheters)
- (medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to remove fluid, create an opening, distend a passageway or administer a drug
Derived terms
Terms derived from catheter
Translations
small tube inserted into a body cavity
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ca‧the‧ter
Noun
catheter m (plural catheters, diminutive cathetertje n)
- Superseded spelling of katheter.
Derived terms
- catheterisatie
Usage notes
- The spelling catheter was deprecated in 1996 in the new Groene Boekje (“Little Green Book”) spelling reform.
Portuguese
Noun
catheter m (plural catheteres)
- Obsolete spelling of cateter (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).