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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Late Latin
Origin: Greek, from kathienai 'to send down', from kata- ( CATACLYSM) + hienai 'to send'

catheter

 noun
     
Related topics: Hospital
cath‧e‧ter [countable] medical
MH a thin tube that is put into your body to remove liquids
—catheterize also -ise verb [transitive]
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