Look up: catheter

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   Catheter
   A tube placed into the bladder to allow the monitoring of urine output.
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   catheter
   [n] - 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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   Catheter
   A thin tube for inserting materials into spaces. e.g. sperm or embryos into the uterine cavity.
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   Catheter
   The term catheter refers to a thin flexible tube that is inserted through a narrow opening to let fluid pass into, or drain from, the body. A urinary catheter is a thin, flexible tube that is inserted into the bladder, to allow urine to drain to the outside. Catheters are frequently made of either latex or silicone (or a combination of both). Late...
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   Catheter
   A tube passed into the body to drain away fluid. For example, a urinary catheter which drains urine from the bladder.
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   Catheter
   a hollow, flexible tube inserted into the body to put in or take out fluid, or to open up or close blood vessels
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   Catheter
   A catheter is a thin, hollow tube usually made of rubber that is placed into the bladder to inject or remove fluid.
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   Catheter
   A thin, flexible tube that can be inserted into a body cavity or into a blood vessel; used to remove fluids, such as urine or blood, and to introduce diagnostic materials or medication
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   Catheter
   A flexible tube which is inserted into the body to extract or introduce fluid.
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    Catheter
    Catheter: A thin, flexible tube. For example, a catheter placed in a vein provides a pathway for giving drugs, nutrients, fluids, or blood products. Samples of blood can also be withdrawn through the catheter. The catheter was created by the Greeks. 'Katheter' originally referred to an instrument that was inserted such as a plug. The word 'katheter ...
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    catheter
    a small,flexible tube that may be inserted into various parts of the body to inject or remove liquids Category: Medicine
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    Catheter
    Cath'e·ter noun [ Latin , from Greek ... a thing let down or put in, catheter, from ... to send down, to let down; ... + ... to send.] (Medicine) 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 . -- ...
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    catheter
    <apparatus> A tubular, flexible, surgical instrument for withdrawing fluids from (or introducing fluids into) a cavity of the body, especially one for introduction into the bladder through the urethra for the withdraw of urine. ... Origin: Gr. Katheter ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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    catheter
    noun 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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    Catheter
    In medicine a `catheter` is a tube that can be inserted into a body cavity, duct or vessel. Catheters thereby allow drainage or injection of fluids or access by surgical instruments. The process of inserting a catheter is `catheterisation`. In most uses a catheter is a thin, flexible tube: a `soft` catheter; in some uses, it is a larger, solid tube: a `hard` catheter.
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    catheter
    (kath´ә-tәr) a tubular, flexible instrument, passed through body channels for withdrawal of fluids from, or introduction of fluids into, a body cavity. Catheter inserted into the abdomen.
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    Catheter
    • (n.) 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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    catheter
    (from the article `Richards, Dickinson Woodruff`) ...who shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1956 with Werner Forssmann and André F. Cournand. Cournand and Richards adapted ... [4 related articles]
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    catheter
    (Gr. kathetr) a tubular, flexible, surgical instrument for withdrawing fluids from (or introducing fluids into) a cavity of the body, especially one for introduction into the bladder through the urethra for the withdraw of urine.
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    catheter
    A tube used to drain or inject fluid, or to apply pressure toa vessel. Catheters are commonly used to drain urine from the bladder. Other types are used to sample blood from the heart or to inject dye into the blood vessels during X-ray screening (see cardiac catheterization). Catheters are also use...
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    Catheter
    A slender, hollow tube that is inserted into a body cavity (bladder, blood vessel, etc) to insert diagnostic substances, drain fluids or perform a medical procedure. During pregnancy, catheters are generally inserted to collect a sterile urine sample for testing or to drain the bladder during childbirth or surgery.
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    Catheter
    A plastic tube that is used to take fluid in or out of the body.
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