Topic: HOSPITAL
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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | Late Latin |
| Origin: | Greek, from kathienai 'to send down', from kata- ( CATACLYSM) + hienai 'to send' |
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cath‧e‧ter
[countable] medical
[countable] medicalMH a thin tube that is put into your body to remove liquids
—catheterize also -ise verb [transitive]
