Definitions for Catheter
ˈkæθ ɪ tərcatheter

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. catheternoun

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. catheternoun

   A small tube inserted into a body cavity to remove fluid, create an opening, distend a passageway or administer a drug

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Catheternoun

   A hollow and somewhat crooked instrument, to thrust into the bladder, to assist in bringing away the urine, when the passage is stopped by a stone or gravel.

   Etymology: ϰαϑετὴϱ.

   A large clyster, suddenly injected, hath frequently forced the urine out of the bladder; but if it fail, a catheter must help you. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

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1. Catheter

   In medicine, a catheter (/ˈkæθətər/) is a thin tube made from medical grade materials serving a broad range of functions. Catheters are medical devices that can be inserted in the body to treat diseases or perform a surgical procedure. Catheters are manufactured for specific applications, such as cardiovascular, urological, gastrointestinal, neurovascular and ophthalmic procedures. The process of inserting a catheter is catheterization. In most uses, a catheter is a thin, flexible tube (soft catheter) though catheters are available in varying levels of stiffness depending on the application. A catheter left inside the body, either temporarily or permanently, may be referred to as an "indwelling catheter" (for example, a peripherally inserted central catheter). A permanently inserted catheter may be referred to as a "permcath" (originally a trademark). Catheters can be inserted into a body cavity, duct, or vessel, brain, skin or adipose tissue. Functionally, they allow drainage, administration of fluids or gases, access by surgical instruments, and also perform a wide variety of other tasks depending on the type of catheter. Special types of catheters, also called probes, are used in preclinical or clinical research for sampling of lipophilic and hydrophilic compounds, protein-bound and unbound drugs, neurotransmitters, peptides and proteins, antibodies, nanoparticles and nanocarriers, enzymes and vesicles.

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1. catheter

   A catheter is a flexible tube made from medical grade materials that is inserted into the body to allow the passage of fluids, gas, or surgical instruments. Most often, it serves the purpose to drain fluids from, or administer fluids into, the body, typically for medical or surgical procedures. Different types of catheters can be used for various tasks such as draining urine from the bladder, delivering medication directly into the heart or blood vessels, or aiding in imaging tests.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Catheternoun

   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

2. Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. a thing let down or put in, catheter, fr. to send down, to let down; + to send.]

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1. Catheter

   In medicine, a catheter is a thin tube extruded from medical grade materials serving a broad range of functions. Catheters are medical devices that can be inserted in the body to treat diseases or perform a surgical procedure. By modifying the material or adjusting the way catheters are manufactured, it is possible to tailor catheters for cardiovascular, urological, gastrointestinal, neurovascular, and ophthalmic applications. Catheters can be inserted into a body cavity, duct, or vessel. Functionally, they allow drainage, administration of fluids or gases, access by surgical instruments, and also perform wide variety of other tasks depending on the type of catheter. The process of inserting a catheter is catheterization. In most uses, catheter is a thin, flexible tube though catheters are available in varying levels of stiffness depending on the application. A catheter left inside the body, either temporarily or permanently, may be referred to as an indwelling catheter. A permanently inserted catheter may be referred to as a permcath. The ancient Syrians created catheters from reeds. "Katheter — καθετήρ" originally referred to an instrument that was inserted such as a plug. The word "katheter" in turn came from "kathiemai — καθίεμαι" meaning "to sit". The ancient Greeks inserted a hollow metal tube through the urethra into the bladder to empty it and the tube came to be known as a "katheter".

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Catheter

   kath′e-tėr, n. a tube to be introduced through the urethra into the bladder to draw off the urine, or for injecting air or fluids into the Eustachian tube.—ns. Cath′eterism; Cathetom′eter, an instrument for measuring small differences of level of different liquids in tubes; Cath′etus, a straight line falling perpendicularly on another straight line or surface. [Gr. kathetos, perpendicular, kathetēr, from kathienai, to send down.]

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1. charette

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Catheter in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Catheter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Catheter in a Sentence

1. Roxana Mehran:

   This is a catheter-based procedure. What's most important for people to understand : We're not opening up anyone's chest, we like people to get up and move the next day. I think we would tell people to take a few days off before they ratchet it up, because we just want the arteries to heal.

2. Maureen Nemetski:

   I drilled a hole into her shin bone and placed an intraosseous line -- a bone catheter -- so that we could inject platelets and medications into her blood through her bone marrow. I can not imagine her parents' horror on hearing the crack of the drill bit into their baby's leg, we took turns pounding on this baby's chest and trying to pump air into lungs that had filled with blood.

3. Ashish Shah:

   With these catheter platforms, the morbidity and the downtime for the patient is dramatically less, what we don't know is about durability and long term -- how these valves... will perform over the course of 10 to 15 years.

4. Alexandar Djelic:

   The swelling was so bad, the doctors had to cut away an outer part of my penis so I can urinate. I was put on a catheter, then got an infection, but survived the horror.

5. National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority:

   Because of these exorbitant prices of catheter and balloon, which are many times higher than the stent price itself, the objective of price capping of stents gets diluted.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Catheter
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Catheter
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Catheter
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catheter
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Catheter
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Catheter
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Catheter