Definitions for catheters

catheters cath·e·ter

Spelling: [kath-i-ter]
IPA: /ˈkæθ ɪ tər/

Catheters is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 534 anagrams from letters in catheters (aceehrstt).

Definitions for catheters

noun

  1. a flexible or rigid hollow tube employed to drain fluids from body cavities or to distend body passages, especially one for passing into the bladder through the urethra to draw off urine or into the heart through a leg vein or arm vein for diagnostic examination.

Origin of catheters

1595-1605; Late Latin Greek kathetḗr kind of tube, literally, something sent or let down, equivalent to kathe- (variant stem of kathiénai, equivalent to kat- cata- +

Examples for catheters

The latter is found by feeling with the tip of the catheter.

He mentioned that passing a catheter often causes shivering.

If successful, a catheter must be secured in the bladder in the usual way.

The end of the catheter is bent to suit the conditions met with.

To prevent any injury, the ligature should be brought away first, and then the catheter.

Relief should without loss of time be afforded by the use of the catheter.

It consists of the curved part of a catheter, and it is 13 cm.

He may find it necessary to draw off the water with a catheter.

The catheter or tube is cut so that but nine inches remain for use.

A catheter of wide calibre is passed in the ordinary manner.

Word Value for catheters
Scrable

13

Words with friends

13

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