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Definition of Catheterization
1. Noun. The operation of introducing a catheter into the body.
Generic synonyms: Operation, Surgery, Surgical Operation, Surgical Procedure, Surgical Process
Derivative terms: Catheterise, Catheterize
Definition of Catheterization
1. Noun. The procedure of introducing a catheter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Catheterization
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Medical Definition of Catheterization
1. Use or insertion of a tubular device into a duct, blood vessel, hollow organ, or body cavity for injecting or withdrawing fluids for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. It differs from intubation in that the tube here is used to restore or maintain patency in obstructions. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catheterization
Literary usage of Catheterization
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"Some cystoscopes permit the catheterization of both ureters at once; •with others,
only one ureter can be catheterized at a time. ..."
2. A Treatise of cystoscopy and urethroscopy by Georges Luys (1918)
"CHOICE OF METHOD IN URETERAL catheterization Having thus examined successively
all the methods and procedures for ureteral catheterization, ..."
3. Cystoscopy and Urethroscopy for General Practitioners by Bransford Lewis, Ernest Gutheric Mark, William Braasch, Frederick (1915)
"Showing inaccessibility of ureteral catheterization by direct method in the
presence of ... Direct catheterization, side view 49 24. Direct catheterization ..."
4. The Surgical Diseases of the Genito-urinary Organs by Edward Lawrence Keyes (1905)
"CHAPTER III CATHETERS AND catheterization catheterization, broadly speaking, is
the introduction of an instrument through the urethra into the bladder; ..."
5. Obstetrics for nurses by Joseph Bolivar De Lee (1922)
"catheterization.—The nurse prepares the patient as for a dressing, sterilizes
her hands, ... Cases are rare where more than one catheterization is needed, ..."
6. Surgical After-treatment: A Manual of the Conduct of Surgical Convalescence by Le Roi Goddard Crandon, Albert Ehrenfried (1912)
"When catheterization has become necessary, if 5 or 10 cc. of the solution are
injected into the bladder, through the catheter after it has been emptied, ..."
7. Diagnostic and therapeutic technic ; a manual of practical procedures by Albert Sidney Morrow (1911)
"Ureteral catheterization in the female has the same field of usefulness as when
... catheterization may be performed, as in the male, by means of one of the ..."
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