Catheterization
to introduce a catheter into.
Historical Examples
If both sides be completely obstructed, the only method to adopt is catheterization from the mouth.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4) Various
verb
(transitive) to insert a catheter into
catheterize cath·e·ter·ize (kāth’ĭ-tə-rīz’)
v. cath·e·ter·ized, cath·e·ter·iz·ing, cath·e·ter·iz·es
To introduce a catheter into.
cath’e·ter·i·za’tion (-rĭ-zā’shən)
catheterization [(kath-uh-tuhr-uh-zay-shuhn)]
Insertion of a catheter into the body. Common types of this procedure include cardiac catheterization, in which a catheter is inserted into the heart through a vein in the arm to diagnose heart disease, and urinary bladder catheterization, in which a catheter is inserted into the urethra to permit urine to flow out of the urinary bladder.
Read Also:
- Catheterize
to introduce a catheter into. verb (transitive) to insert a catheter into catheterize cath·e·ter·ize (kāth’ĭ-tə-rīz’) v. cath·e·ter·ized, cath·e·ter·iz·ing, cath·e·ter·iz·es To introduce a catheter into. cath’e·ter·i·za’tion (-rĭ-zā’shən)
- Cathetus
(in an Ionic capital) the vertical guideline through the eye of a volute, from which the form of the volute is determined. Historical Examples This will be the size of the eye, and in it draw a diameter on the line of the “cathetus.” Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius
- Cathie
a female given name, form of Catherine. Contemporary Examples “O BACKS Cathie,” the headline read, splitting front-page real estate with Kate Middleton. Cathie Black’s Emails Release: 5 Juiciest Bits The Daily Beast May 2, 2013 For the sake of our novel experiment in broad-based multiracial democracy, I hope they reject the Cathie Adamses of their […]
- Cathisma
kathisma. one of the 20 divisions of the Psalter in the Greek rite.
- Cathisomania
noun a passion for sitting down; also written kathisomania See kathisomania Word Origin Greek kathizein ‘to sit’