catheter
A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening,…A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.
» They put a catheter in Tom.
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значень: 1A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.
Katheter
кате́терkatɛ́tɛr
кате́терkatéter
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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речень: 4They put a catheter in Tom.
The nurse emptied the catheter bag and measured the amount of urine output.
The sternocleidomastoid is used as a landmark for insertion of a central venous catheter.
The procedure is called catheter ablation because it burns off a small amount of heart muscle.
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Borrowed from French cathéter, from Late Latin cathetēr, from Ancient Greek καθετήρ (katheBorrowed from French cathéter, from Late Latin cathetēr, from Ancient Greek καθετήρ (kathetḗr, “surgical instrument for emptying the bladder”), from καθίημι (kathíēmi, “to descend, let down”) + -τήρ (-tḗr, suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs).
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