Associations to the word «Catheter»

Wiktionary

CATHETER, noun. (medicine) A small tube inserted into a body cavity to remove fluid, create an opening, distend a passageway or administer a drug

Dictionary definition

CATHETER, noun. A thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats