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• Catheter — disassembled In medicine, a catheter (pronounced /ˈkæθɪtər/) is a tube that can be inserted into a body cavity, duct, or vessel. Catheters thereby allow drainage, administration of fluids or gases, or access by surgical instruments. The… …   Wikipedia

• Catheter ablation — is an invasive procedure used to remove a faulty electrical pathway from the hearts of those who are prone to developing cardiac arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, supraventricular tachycardias (SVT) and Wolff Parkinson… …   Wikipedia

• catheter — ► NOUN ▪ a flexible tube inserted into a body cavity, particularly the bladder, for removing fluid. ORIGIN Greek kathet r, from kathienai send or let down …   English terms dictionary

• catheter — 1. A tubular instrument to allow passage of fluid from or into a body cavity or blood vessel. SEE ALSO: line (4). 2. Especially a c. designed to be passed through the urethra into the bladder to drain it of retained …   Medical dictionary

• Catheter, indwelling bladder — A flexible plastic tube (a catheter) inserted into the bladder that remains ( dwells ) there to provide continuous urinary drainage. The principal type of indwelling bladder catheter is the Foley which has a balloon on the bladder end. After the… …   Medical dictionary

• Catheter, Foley — A flexible plastic tube (a catheter) inserted into the bladder to provide continuous urinary drainage. The Foley has a balloon on the bladder end. After the catheter is inserted in the bladder, the balloon is inflated (with air or fluid) so that… …   Medical dictionary

• Catheter, Swan-Ganz — A thin, flexible tube that is inserted through one of the large veins (the inferior or superior vena cava) that return blood to the heart. The catheter is flow directed. It uses a balloon to carry it through the vena cava to the heart, through… …   Medical dictionary

• catheter — cath•e•ter [[t]ˈkæθ ɪ tər[/t]] n. srg a thin flexible tube inserted into a bodily passage, vessel, or cavity to allow fluids to pass into or out of it, to distend it, or to convey diagnostic or other instruments through it • Etymology: 1595–1605; …   From formal English to slang

• catheter — /kath i teuhr/, n. Med. a flexible or rigid hollow tube employed to drain fluids from body cavities or to distend body passages, esp. one for passing into the bladder through the urethra to draw off urine or into the heart through a leg vein or… …   Universalium

• catheter — [ kaθɪtə] noun Medicine a flexible tube inserted through a narrow opening into a body cavity, particularly the bladder, for removing fluid. Derivatives catheterization or catheterisation noun catheterize or catheterise verb Origin C17: from late… …   English new terms dictionary

• catheter — n. a flexible tube for insertion into a narrow opening so that fluids may be introduced or removed . Urinary catheters are passed into the bladder through the urethra to allow drainage of urine in certain disorders and to empty the bladder before …   The new mediacal dictionary