catheter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæθɪtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈkæθɪtɚ/
Forms: form: catheters
Etymology: Borrowed from French cathéter, from Late Latin cathetēr, from Ancient Greek καθετήρ (kathetḗr, “surgical instrument for emptying the bladder”), from καθίημι (kathíēmi, “to descend, let down”) + -τήρ (-tḗr, suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs).
Senses: examples: text: And I humbly hope, that the Deſcription, and the Method of uſing this Catheter, will be a means of reviving an Operation ſo happily begun, and calculated for the Good of thoſe that are afflicted with the Stone in the Bladder.
ref: 1741 August–December, Archibald Cleland, “XXVI. A Description of a Catheter, Made to Remedy the Inconveniencies Which Occasioned the Leaving Off the High Operation for the Stone; …”, in Philosophical Transactions. Giving Some Account of the Present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours, of the Ingenious, in Many Considerable Parts of the World, volume XLI, part II, London: Printed for T. Woodward, and C. Davis, […] printers to the Royal Society, published 1744, page 844:
text: Of course there are two kinds of catheters, one intended for the male, the other for the female urethra. The common catheter is a silver tube, of such diameter as will allow it to be introduced with ease into the urethra, and of various figures and lengths, according as it is intended for the young or adult, the male or female, subject.
ref: 1818, Samuel Cooper, “CATHETER”, in A Dictionary of Practical Surgery: […], 3rd revised, corrected and enlarged edition, London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, orme, and Brown [et al.], →OCLC, page 247, column 2:
text: Careful positioning of the catheter is essential to achieve a technically satisfactory dialysis. Final placement is made by assessing drainage and by positioning the tip of the catheter according to the patient's comfort.
ref: 1989, Charles Mion, “Practical Use of Peritoneal Dialysis”, in John F[rancis] Maher, editor, Replacement of Renal Function by Dialysis: A Textbook of Dialysis, 3rd updated and enlarged edition, Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, →ISBN, page 540:
text: Embryos are transferred into a womb using a long, soft catheter attached to a syringe containing the embryos in a transfer solution. The catheter is threaded through the endocervical canal ("birth canal") into the uterine cavity under ultrasound guidance, and the embryos are deposited gently high in the womb.
ref: 2008 February, Timothy P. Collins, “On Abandoned Embryos”, in Eugene F. Diamond, editor, The Linacre Quarterly: Journal of the Catholic Medical Association, volume 75, number 1, Wynnewood, Pa.: Catholic Medical Association, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.
wikipedia: Hickman line
Hyponyms: angiocath
Foley catheter
indwelling catheter
microcatheter
permcath
thermocatheter
Derived terms: angiocath
angiocatheter
catheterise
catheterism
catheterization
catheterize
catheterless
cryocatheter
Eustachian catheter
Foley catheter
indwelling catheter
intracatheter
macrocatheter
microcatheter
multicatheter
nanocatheter
pericatheter
permacath
permcath
thermocatheter
transcatheter