Hypertext Webster Gateway: "catheter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Catheter \Cath"e*ter\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a thing let down or put
in, catheter, fr. ? to send down, to let down; ? + ? to
send.] (Med.)
The name of various instruments for passing along mucous
canals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be introduced
into the bladder through the urethra to draw off the urine.
{Eustachian catheter}. See under {Eustachian}.
{Prostatic catheter}, one adapted for passing an enlarged
prostate.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
catheter
n : a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit
introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the
passageway open
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