catheter
(noun) a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open
Source: WordNet® 3.1
catheter (plural catheters)
(medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.
• angiocath
• Foley catheter
• indwelling catheter
• microcatheter
• permcath
• thermocatheter
• Charette, catereth, charette, cheretta, createth
Source: Wiktionary
Cath"e*ter, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 April 2024
(noun) a viewpoint toward a city or other heavily populated area; “the dominant character of the cityscape is it poverty”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
