catheter
Syllables: ca·the·terUK/ˈkæθɪtə(ɹ)/US/ˈkæθɪtɚ/
catheter noun: a small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.
Noun
catheter (plural catheters)
- A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.
- 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.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...
- 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...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...
catheter meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
catheter in Hindi
- कैथेटर, कैथीटर, कैथिटर
catheter in Tamil
- சிறுநீர் நீக்கக் குழாய், சிலாகை, செருகு வடிகுழாய், வடிகுழாய்
catheter in Marathi
- कॅथेटर, कॅथीटर, कैथेटर
catheter in Urdu
- کیتھیٹر, کتھیٹر
More languagesFewer languages
- catheter in Bengali
- ক্যাথেটার, ক্যাথেটর, ক্যাথিটার
- catheter in Telugu
- కాథెటర్ kātheṭar
- catheter in Malayalam
- കത്തീറ്റർ
- catheter in Kannada
- ಕ್ಯಾತಿಟರ್, ತೂರುನಳಿಕೆ, ತೂರುನಾಳ
- catheter in Punjabi
- ਕੈਥੀਟਰ, ਕੈਥੇਟਰ
- catheter in Gujarati
- મૂત્રશલાકા mūtraślākā, સળી saḷī
- catheter in Odia
- କ୍ଯ଼ାଥେଟର, କ୍ଯ଼ାଥେଟର୍
- catheter in Nepali
- क्याथेटर, कैथेटर, केथेटर
- catheter in Pashto
- کتيتر
- catheter in Tagalog
- panunda, pansunda, kalilya, kanilya
- catheter in Arabic
- قَسْطَر qasṭar
- catheter in Indonesian
- kateter
- catheter in Persian
- کاتتر kâteter
- catheter in Vietnamese
- ống thông, ống dẫn lưu
Examples of catheter in a sentence
- Of course there are two kinds of catheters, one intended for the male, the other for the female urethra.1818, Samuel Cooper, “CATHETER”, in A Dictionary of Practical Surgery: […], 3rd revised, corrected and enlarged edition, London: Printed...
- Careful positioning of the catheter is essential to achieve a technically satisfactory dialysis.1989, Charles Mion, “Practical Use of Peritoneal Dialysis”, in John F[rancis] Maher, editor, Replacement of Renal Function by Dialysis: A...
- Embryos are transferred into a womb using a long, soft catheter attached to a syringe containing the embryos in a transfer solution.2008 February, Timothy P. Collins, “On Abandoned Embryos”, in Eugene F. Diamond, editor, The Linacre Quarterly: Journal of the Catholic...
Forms of catheter
| plural | catheters |
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Origin of catheter
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).
Words formed from catheter
Questions about catheter
- What does catheter mean?
- Catheter means a small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.
- What is catheter in Hindi?
- Catheter in Hindi is कैथेटर, कैथीटर, कैथिटर. See Catheter meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use catheter in a sentence?
- Of course there are two kinds of catheters, one intended for the male, the other for the female urethra.
- What part of speech is catheter?
- Catheter is a noun.
- How do you pronounce catheter?
- Catheter is pronounced /ˈkæθɪtə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of catheter?
- The plural of catheter is catheters.
Words near catheter in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: catheter (page history and authors); catheter (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); catheter (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); catheter (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); catheter (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); catheter (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); catheter (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); catheter (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); catheter (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); મૂત્રશલાકા (Gujarati) (page history and authors); catheter (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); catheter (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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