Catheter

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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
     into the bladder through the urethra to draw off the urine.


     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Eustachian catheter}. See under {Eustachian}.
  
     {Prostatic catheter}, one adapted for passing an enlarged
        prostate.
        [1913 Webster] Catheterism

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  catheter
       n : a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit
           introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the
           passageway open

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "catheter":
     adjutage, drainpipe, efflux tube, fire hose, flue pipe, funnel,
     garden hose, gas pipe, hose, hosepipe, nipple, organ pipe, pipe,
     pipeline, pipette, piping, reed, reed pipe, siamese,
     siamese connection, siphon, snorkel, soil pipe, standpipe,
     steam pipe, stem, straw, tap, tube, tubing, tubulation, tubule,
     tubulet, tubulure, waste pipe, water pipe