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CATHETERISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they catheterise ... he / she / it catheterises
Past simple: catheterised
Past participle: catheterised
-ing form: catheterising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Insert a catheter into (a body part)
Example:
catheterize the patient's bladder
Synonyms:
catheterise; catheterize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "catheterise" is one way to...):
enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in (place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
catheter (a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open)
catheterisation; catheterization (the operation of introducing a catheter into the body)
