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Female catheter
A catheter about 5 in (12.7 cm) long, used to pass into a woman’s bladder. A short, flexible tube, known as a catheter, can be inserted into a woman’s bladder via the urethra with the intent of draining urine.
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Central catheter
A catheter inserted into a central vein or artery for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.
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Arterial catheter
A catheter inserted into an artery to measure pressure, remove blood, inject medication or radiographic contrast media, or perform an interventional radiological procedure.
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Antimicrobial-impregnated central catheter
An intravenous tube saturated with antibiotics; designed to decrease the likelihood of colonization or infection of indwelling infusion lines.
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Chromic catgut
Catgut treated with chromium trioxide. This enhances the strength of the suture material and delays its absorption.
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Catenoid
To protozoan colonies whose individuals are joined end to end.
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Catenating
To a disease that is linked with another.
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Catelectrotonus
The increased excitability produced in a nerve or muscle in the region near the cathode during the passage of an electric current.
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Catatropia
A condition in which both eyes are turned downward.
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Catatricrotism
A condition in which the pulse shows a third impulse in the descending stroke of a pulse tracing.
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