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catheterise

catheterise is the alternative form 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 catheterise

third-person singular presentcatheterises
present participlecatheterising
past participlecatheterised
pastcatheterised

Origin of catheterise

From catheter + -ise.

Words formed from catheterise

Questions about catheterise

What is catheterise the alternative form of?
Catheterise is the alternative form of catheterize.

Words near catheterise in the dictionary

  1. Catherwoods
  2. Catheryn
  3. catheter
  4. catheterisation
  5. catheterisations
  6. catheterise
  7. catheterised
  8. catheterises
  9. catheterising
  10. catheterism
  11. catheterisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catheterise (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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