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CATHETER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("catheter" is a kind of...):
tube; tubing (conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "catheter"):
endotracheal tube (a catheter that is inserted into the trachea through the mouth or nose in order to maintain an open air passage or to deliver oxygen or to permit the suctioning of mucus or to prevent aspiration of the stomach contents)
Derivation:
catheterise; catheterize (insert a catheter into (a body part))
Context examples:
A needle is used to insert the catheter into a vein, usually in the back of the hand or in the forearm.
(Peripheral venous catheter, NCI Dictionary)
Also called peripherally inserted central catheter.
(PICC, NCI Dictionary)
You receive nutritional support through a needle or catheter placed in your vein or with a feeding tube, which goes into your stomach.
(Nutritional Support, NIH)
M. peregrinum is found in soil and water-related sources and is related to surgical site and catheter related infections.
(Mycobacterium peregrinum, NCI Thesaurus)
A substance being studied in the treatment of bacterial infections from catheters (flexible tubes used to deliver fluids into or take fluids from the body).
(minocycline-EDTA, NCI Dictionary)
Non-chemotherapeutic embolization involving the injection of small particles through a catheter in the hepatic artery.
(Bland Embolization, NCI Thesaurus)
The anatomic site through which fluid is transferred into or out of the body using a catheter.
(Catheter Site, NCI Thesaurus)
It is given through a catheter that is placed into the bladder where the solution is held for about two hours.
(bacillus Calmette-Guérin solution, NCI Dictionary)
Once treatment has ended, the catheter and balloon are removed.
(Balloon Brachytherapy, NCI Dictionary)
Balloon catheter radiation is a type of intracavitary brachytherapy and partial breast irradiation therapy (PBRT).
(Balloon catheter radiation, NCI Dictionary)
