catheter

Significado (Inglés)

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

Conceptos

catéter

sonda

tubo

Sinónimos

duct

vessel

conduit

guide tube

draught tube

conduct pipe

conductor pipe

tremie pipe

urethral probe

urethral catheter

connecting conduct

guiding pipe

probe

vascular

Traducciones

catetere

cathéter

Katheter

cateter

katheter

catheter

καθετήρας

catèter

sonda

قسطر

sonda

akaç

catheter

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkæθɪtə(ɹ)/

Etimología (Inglés)

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).