English: central venous catheter
Welsh: cathetr gwythiennol canolog
Subject: Iechyd
Welsh definition: A central venous catheter, also called a central line, is a long, thin, flexible tube used to give medicines, fluids, nutrients, or blood products over a long period of time, usually several weeks or more. A catheter is often inserted in the arm or chest through the skin into a large vein. The catheter is threaded through this vein until it reaches a large vein near the heart.
Plural: cathetrau gwythiennol canolog
Notes: Weithiau defnyddir 'central vascular catheter' am lle'r term hwn yn Saesneg.