catheter

Significat (Anglès)

A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.

Conceptes

catèter

sonda

Sinònims

duct

vessel

conduit

guide tube

draught tube

conduct pipe

conductor pipe

tremie pipe

urethral probe

urethral catheter

connecting conduct

guiding pipe

probe

vascular

Traduccions

catetere

cathéter

Katheter

catéter

cateter

katheter

sonda

καθετήρας

catheter

قسطر

akaç

catheter

القسطرة

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkæθɪtə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Borrowed from French cathéter, from Late Latin cathetēr, from Ancient Greek καθετήρ (kathetḗr, “surgical instrument for emptying the bladder”), from καθίημι (kathíēmi, “to descend, let down”) + -τήρ (-tḗr, suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs).