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catheterizing

catheterizing is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about catheterizing

What is catheterizing the present participle and gerund of?
Catheterizing is the present participle and gerund of catheterize.

Words near catheterizing in the dictionary

  1. catheterization
  2. catheterizations
  3. catheterize
  4. catheterized
  5. catheterizes
  6. catheterizing
  7. catheterless
  8. catheters
  9. catheti
  10. cathetometer
  11. cathetometers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catheterizing (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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