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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 — Cathéter Pour les articles homonymes, voir KT.  Ne doit pas être confondu avec caténaire. Un cathéter (abrégé KT) est un dispositif médical consistant en un tube creux, de largeur et de souplesse variables, et fabriqué en différentes… …   Wikipédia en Français

• cathéter — [ katetɛr ] n. m. • 1538; lat. méd. catheter, gr. katheter ♦ Méd. Tige pleine ou creuse servant à explorer, à dilater un canal, un orifice naturel ou à introduire, prélever des liquides. ⇒ canule, sonde. Cathéter pulmonaire. ● cathéter nom… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• 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 — Cath e*ter, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a thing let down or put in, catheter, fr. ? to send down, to let down; ? + ? to send.] (Med.) The name of various instruments for passing along mucous canals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be introduced… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• catheter — c.1600, from Fr. cathéter, from L.L. catheter a catheter, from Gk. katheter, from kathienai to let down, thrust in, from kata down + stem of hienai to send (see JET (Cf. jet) (v.)). Earlier was cathirum (early 15c.), directly from M.L. Related:… …   Etymology dictionary

• catheter fever — n fever ascribed to the passage of a urethral catheter and associated with infection of the bladder …   Medical dictionary

• Catheter — (Chir.), s. Katheter. Daher Catheterismus, Anwendung des Katheters, z.B. C. der Harnröhre, der Oberkieferhöhle, der Ohrtrompete, der Speiseröhre, s. Katheter …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

• cathéter — CATHÉTER. s. m. Instrument de Chirurgie. C est une sonde creuse et recourbée, faite pour être introduite dans la vessie …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

• 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 — [kath′ət ər] n. [LL < Gr kathetēr < kathienai, to let down, thrust in < kata , down + hienai, to send: see JET1] a slender, hollow tube, as of metal or rubber, inserted into a body passage, vessel, or cavity for passing fluids, making… …   English World dictionary