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2 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: catheter n : a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids
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