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Catheter definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CATHETER, n. In surgery, a tubular instrument, usually made of silver, to be introduced into the bladder, to draw off the urine when the natural discharge is suppressed; also, a sound to search for the stone, or a bougie made of silver or elastic gum.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek kathet?r, from kathienai to send down, from kata- cata- + hienai to send — more at jet Date: 1601 a tubular medical device for insertion into canals, vessels, passageways, or body cavities usually to permit injection or withdrawal of fluids or to keep a passage open — compare balloon catheter

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. Med. a tube for insertion into a body cavity for introducing or removing fluid. Etymology: LL f. Gk katheter f. kathiemi send down

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Catheter Cath"e*ter, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a thing let down or put in, catheter, fr. ? to send down, to let down; ? + ? 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(catheters) A catheter is a tube which is used to introduce liquids into a human body or to withdraw liquids from it. (MEDICAL) N-COUNT

Moby Thesaurus

adjutage, drainpipe, efflux tube, fire hose, flue pipe, funnel, garden hose, gas pipe, hose, hosepipe, nipple, organ pipe, pipe, pipeline, pipette, piping, reed, reed pipe, siamese, siamese connection, siphon, snorkel, soil pipe, standpipe, steam pipe, stem, straw, tap, tube, tubing, tubulation, tubule, tubulet, tubulure, waste pipe, water pipe