Catheter

//ˈkæθɪtə(ɹ)//

Synonyms for "catheter" (38 found)

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Closest matches (8)

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Related words (19)

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causes desire

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derived

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has context

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is a

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receives action

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related to

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Translations

58 translations across 49 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • καθετήρ noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Arabic

1 entries
  • قَسْطَر noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • kateter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Basque

1 entries
  • kateter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • катетър noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Catalan

1 entries
  • catèter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 導管 /导管 noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Czech

2 entries
  • cévka noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)
  • katétr noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Danish

1 entries
  • kateter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Dutch

1 entries
  • katheter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • katetero noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kateeter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Finnish

1 entries
  • katetri noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

French

1 entries
  • cathéter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Galician

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  • catéter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

German

1 entries
  • Katheter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Greek

1 entries
  • καθετήρας noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • צנתר noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • katéter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Ido

1 entries
  • katetero noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kateter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Irish

1 entries
  • cataitéar noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Italian

1 entries
  • catetere noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Japanese

1 entries
  • カテーテル noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • катетер noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Khmer

1 entries
  • បំពង់បូម noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Korean

1 entries
  • 카테터 noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • kateteris noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • kateter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kateter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • kateter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • سونده noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Pashto

1 entries
  • کتيتر noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Persian

1 entries
  • کاتتر noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Polish

2 entries
  • cewnik noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)
  • kateter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • cateter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Russian

1 entries
  • кате́тер noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • kateter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Slovak

2 entries
  • cievka noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)
  • katéter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Slovene

1 entries
  • katéter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Spanish

1 entries
  • catéter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Swahili

1 entries
  • katheta noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Swedish

1 entries
  • kateter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • kalilya noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)
  • kanilya noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)
  • kateter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)
  • pansunda noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కాథెటర్ noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kateter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)
  • sonda noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • кате́тер noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • kateter noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • ống dẫn lưu noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)
  • ống thông noun (small tube inserted into a body cavity)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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The sternocleidomastoid is used as a landmark for insertion of a central venous catheter.

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The procedure is called catheter ablation because it burns off a small amount of heart muscle.

Source: tatoeba (11248357)

The nurse emptied the catheter bag and measured the amount of urine output.

Source: tatoeba (11562018)

They put a catheter in Tom.

Source: tatoeba (12080511)

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