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单词 catheter
释义

catheter

/ˈkaθətə /
noun Medicine
A flexible tube inserted through a narrow opening into a body cavity, particularly the bladder, for removing fluid: a urinary catheter...
  • Patients should also have a nasogastric tube and urinary catheter inserted.
  • It is often helpful to insert a urinary catheter, so that the diarrhoea can be accurately quantified by recording the stool weight.
  • This relieves the obstruction to the flow of urine by passing a urinary catheter to empty the bladder.

Origin

Early 17th century: from late Latin, from Greek kathetēr, from kathienai 'send or let down'.

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