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noun

catheter

a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open

In a sentence

Six example sentences with catheter, each labelled with its topic.

  • Surgeons threaded a catheter from the wrist up to the heart and cleared the blockage without opening the chest.

    Medicine

  • Engineers printed a catheter with sensors along its length so the surgical team could watch pressure change in real time.

    Technology

  • The founders raised a seed round for a catheter coating that cuts infections during long hospital stays.

    Startups

  • In 1929 a young doctor threaded a catheter into his own arm and walked upstairs to prove it could reach the heart.

    History

  • The device maker's catheter line brings in a third of its revenue, so a recall would shake the entire company.

    Business

  • The malpractice suit turned on whether the nurse had checked the catheter's placement before the infusion began.

    Law

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