catheter

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Noun

catheter (plural catheters)

1. (medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to remove fluid, create an opening, distend a passageway or administer a drug

Derived terms

• catheterization, catheterize

Translations

small tube inserted into a body cavity

• Czech: cévka (cs) f
• Dutch: katheter (nl) m
• Finnish: katetri (fi)
• French: cathéter (fr) m
• German: Katheter (de) m
• Greek: καθετήρας (el) (kathetíras) m 
• Italian: catetere (it) m
• Norwegian: kateter (no) n

• Polish: kateter (pl) m, cewnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: cateter (pt) m
• Russian: катетер (ru) (kateter) m 
• Serbo-Croatian: kateter (sh) m
• Slovak: katéter (sk) m
• Slovene: kateter (sl) m
• Spanish: catéter (es) m
• Turkish: sonda (tr)

Anagrams

• charette

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Noun

catheter m (plural catheters, diminutive cathetertje)

1. Obsolete spelling of katheter.

Derived terms

• catheterisatie