Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To introduce a catheter into.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To operate on with a catheter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Med.) To operate on with a catheter.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To introduce a
catheter into part of the body.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb insert a catheter into (a body part)
Etymologies
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Examples
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He had a CT scan last night and will have a stress test and ultrasound today, looking for an aneurysm; they want to catheterize him, but he doesn't like this hospital, so he's standing firm on "nothing but non-invasive tests".
Right, so - 2009
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Before she left, her parents were taught how to catheterize her.
SCT -- Donoghue 2010
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The next time he bloated up from not being able to pee, I took him to the vet and told them to try to catheterize him one more time.
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Deep within their prideful hearts they knew she would catheterize them, without a thought, in an instant.
Nurse Cratchett 2009
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Children as young as age 5 can learn to catheterize themselves
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A cardiologist may decide to catheterize you at this time, in order to determine the extent of blockage in your arteries.
Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996
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A cardiologist may decide to catheterize you at this time, in order to determine the extent of blockage in your arteries.
Healing the Female Heart Elizabeth Ross 1996
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Shortly after delivery there may be difficulty in emptying the bladder; and, under such circumstances, the doctor or nurse used to catheterize the patient immediately; this habit once begun, it was often necessary to repeat the operation day after day, or, for that matter, several times a day.
The Prospective Mother, a Handbook for Women During Pregnancy 1912
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Afterward patients may have to catheterize themselves.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The female should self-catheterize when sitting on the toilet.
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