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    CATHETERISE

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     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they catheterise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it catheterises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: catheterised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: catheterised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: catheterising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Insert a catheter into (a body part)play

    Example:

    catheterize the patient's bladder

    Synonyms:

    catheterise; catheterize

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "catheterise" is one way to...):

    enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in (place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s something

    Derivation:

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

    catheterisation; catheterization (the operation of introducing a catheter into the body)

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