Usually means: Tube inserted for fluid management.
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General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. catheter: Merriam-Webster
  2. catheter: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. catheter: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. catheter: Collins English Dictionary
  5. catheter: Vocabulary.com
  6. Catheter, catheter: Wordnik
  7. catheter: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. catheter: Wiktionary
  9. catheter: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. catheter: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. catheter: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. catheter: Dictionary.com
  13. catheter: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. catheter: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Catheter: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Catheter: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. catheter: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. catheter: Rhymezone
  19. Catheter: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. catheter: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. catheter: FreeDictionary.org
  22. catheter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. catheter: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. catheter: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. catheter-: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. catheter: Encyclopedia

Medicine (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. catheter: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Catheter: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. ABTA Brain Tumor Patients (No longer online)
  5. Alzheimer's Association Medical Glossary (No longer online)
  6. Catheter: UK Medical Acronyms
  7. Catheter(ization): Merck Manuals
  8. Digestive Diseases Dictionary (No longer online)
  9. Catheter: MedFriendly Glossary
  10. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  11. Lay Terms for Consent Forms (No longer online)
  12. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  13. catheter: Prostate Cancer Interactive Glossary
  14. Medical Device Glossary of Terms (No longer online)
  15. Pregnancy & Baby (No longer online)
  16. Kidney Patient Guide Glossary (No longer online)
  17. Multiple Sclerosis Encyclopaedia (No longer online)
  18. Catheter: Glossary of Lymphoma Terms
  19. Catheter: Breast Cancer Glossary of Medical Terms
  20. AIDS Medical Glossary and Drug Chart (No longer online)
  21. catheter: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  22. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  23. A-Z Family health glossary (No longer online)
  24. catheter: Medical dictionary
  25. Catheter: Brain Injury
  26. Catheter: Drug Medical Dictionary
  27. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. catheter: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See cathetering as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.

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