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1. (n.) catheter
a thin flexible tube inserted into a bodily passage, vessel, or cavity to allow fluids to pass into or out of it, to distend it, or to convey diagnostic or other instruments through it.
Etymology: (1595–1605; < LL < Gk kathetēr something inserted, catheter)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) catheter
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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1. (noun) catheter
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
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