Catheter
Catheter , noun
[Latin, from Greek {not transcribed} a thing let down or put in, catheter, from {not transcribed} to send down, to let down; {not transcribed} + {not transcribed} to send.]
(Medicine) 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.
Collocations (2)
Eustachian catheter , See under Eustachian.
Prostatic catheter , one adapted for passing an enlarged prostate.