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CATHETERIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Insert a catheter into (a body part)

Example:

catheterize the patient's bladder

Synonyms:

catheterise; catheterize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "catheterize" 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)

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