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catherize

catherize is the misconstruction of catheterize.

Meaning of catheterize

Verb

catheterize (third-person singular simple present catheterizes, present participle catheterizing, simple past and past participle catheterized)

  1. To insert a catheter into a cavity.
    • These patients are taught to catheterize themselves at regular intervals.1985, Technologies for managing urinary incontinence

Forms of catherize

third-person singular presentcatherizes
present participlecatherizing
past participlecatherized
pastcatherized

Questions about catherize

What is catherize the misconstruction of?
Catherize is the misconstruction of catheterize.

Words near catherize in the dictionary

  1. Catherine wheels
  2. catherinette
  3. catherinettes
  4. Catherinian
  5. catherization
  6. catherize
  7. catherized
  8. catherizes
  9. catherizing
  10. Catherman
  11. Cathermans

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catherize (page history and authors); catheterize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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