catheter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: catheter	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for catheter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
catheter n a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Catheter \Cath"e*ter\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] a thing let down or put in, catheter, fr. [?] to send down, to let down; [?] + [?] to send.] (Med.) The name of various instruments for passing along mucous canals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be introduced into the bladder through the urethra to draw off the urine. {Eustachian catheter}. See under {Eustachian}. {Prostatic catheter}, one adapted for passing an enlarged prostate.