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catheters

catheters is the plural of catheter.

Meaning of catheter

Noun

catheter (plural catheters)

  1. 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...

Phrases with catheters

Questions about catheters

What is catheters the plural of?
Catheters is the plural of catheter.

Words near catheters in the dictionary

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

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