Difference between revisions of "Catheter"

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Catheter

A hollow tube of metal, glass, hard or soft rubber, rubberized silk, etc., for introduction into a body cavity through a narrow canal, for the purpose of discharging the fluid contents of a cavity or for establishing that the canal is unobstructed.

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 '''Catheter'''
-<BR/>A hollow tube of metal, glass, hard or soft rubber, rubberized silk, etc.,
+A hollow [[tube]] of [[metal]], [[glass]], hard or soft [[rubber]], [[rubberized silk]], etc., for introduction into a [[body cavity]] through a narrow canal, for the purpose of discharging the [[fluid]] contents of a [[cavity]] or for establishing that the [[canal]] is unobstructed.
-for introduction into a body cavity through a narrow canal, for the purpose of
-discharging the fluid contents of a cavity or for establishing that the canal
-is unobstructed.
 ==References==
 ''This article is based on NASA's [[NASA SP-7|Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use]]''
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