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| cath·e·ter [ káthətər ] (plural cath·e·ters) |
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thin tube used in medicine: a thin flexible tube that is inserted into a part of the body to inject or drain away fluid or to keep a passage open
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| [Early 17th century. Via late Latin< Greek kathetēr< kathienai "send down" < hienai "send"] |
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