catheter

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

catetere

strumento a forma di tubo

sinonimi

duct

vessel

conduit

guide tube

draught tube

conduct pipe

conductor pipe

tremie pipe

urethral probe

urethral catheter

connecting conduct

guiding pipe

probe

vascular

Traduzioni

Katheter

cathéter

catéter

cateter

katheter

sonda

catèter

καθετήρας

catheter

sonda

قسطر

akaç

catheter

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkæθɪtə(ɹ)/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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).