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coudé

coudé adjective: bent at the tip at a 45° angle, like an elbow.

Adjective

coudé (not comparable)

  1. Bent at the tip at a 45° angle, like an elbow.
    • Whereas the gum coudé or prostatic catheter enters more easily[…]1926, Hugh H. Young, David Melvin Davis, Franklin Paradise Johnson, Young's Practice of Urology, Based on a Study of 12,500 Cases, page 469
    • FIGURE 22.1 A, Standard 16fr two-way Foley catheter. B, 18fr two-way coudé catheter. C, 24fr three-way catheter (hematuria catheter). Coudé catheters have curved tips (Figure 22.1B). These catheters are helpful[…]2019 October 8, Alok Gupta, Daniel B. Jones, Surgery Boot Camp Manual, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 28

Origin of coudé

From French coudé.

Questions about coudé

What does coudé mean?
Coudé means bent at the tip at a 45° angle, like an elbow.
What part of speech is coudé?
Coudé is an adjective.

Words near coudé in the dictionary

  1. Coudersport
  2. coudiere
  3. coudieres
  4. coudière
  5. coudières
  6. coudé
  7. Coues
  8. Coues' rice rat
  9. Coues' rice rats
  10. couesnophone
  11. couesnophones

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