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catheterize 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈkaTHitəˌrīz/,
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catheterising, present participle; catheterizing, present participle; catheterises, 3rd person singular present; catheterised, past tense; catheterized, past tense; catheterized, past participle; catheterizes, 3rd person singular present; catheterised, past participle;
  1. Insert a catheter into (a patient or body cavity)

  1. insert a catheter into (a body part); "catheterize the patient's bladder"
  2. To introduce a catheter into part of the body
  3. (Catheterization [Bladder]) Removal of urine from the bladder by means of a urinary catheter (tube).
  4. (Catheterization) Insertion of a slender tube through the urethra or through the anterior abdominal wall into the bladder, urinary reservoir,  or urinary conduit to allow urine drainage.
  5. (Catheterization) The process of inserting a hollow tube into an organ of the body, either for an investigative purpose or to give some form of treatment (such as to remove urine from the bladder of a child with neurologic disease).
  6. (Catheterization) A procedure in which a doctor guides a thin plastic tube, or catheter, through an artery or vein in the arm or leg to the heart.
  7. (Catheterization) A small diameter flexible rubber or plastic tube used to cannulate a body cavity, duct, or vessel. Caudal: A descriptive anatomical term meaning toward the rear part of the body or tail.
  8. (Catheterization) A technique in which a hollow, flexible tube is used to drain body fluids (such as urine), to introduce fluids into the body, or to examine or widen a narrowed vein or artery.
  9. (Catheterization) A test in which contrast dye is injected into blood vessels, allowing a physician to view via X-ray where an artery is narrowed.
  10. (Catheterization) Insertion of a catheter into any of the four chambers of the heart (See-Left Atrium, Right Atrium, Left Ventricle, Right Ventricle) or large blood vessels for diagnosis, assessment of abnormalities, treatment, and/or evaluation.
  11. (Catheterization) The insertion of a small plastic tube into a blood vessel, for the purpose of infusing fluid or radio-opaque dye (as in angiography), or for the purpose of sampling blood.