catheter

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

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

Έννοιες

καθετήρας

Συνώνυμα

duct

vessel

conduit

guide tube

draught tube

conduct pipe

conductor pipe

tremie pipe

urethral probe

urethral catheter

connecting conduct

guiding pipe

probe

vascular

Μεταφράσεις

cathéter

Katheter

catetere

catéter

cateter

katheter

sonda

catèter

catheter

sonda

قسطر

akaç

catheter

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈkæθɪtə(ɹ)/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

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).