Definition of catheterize in English:
catheterize
(British catheterise)
verbˈkaθətərʌɪzˈkæθədəˌraɪz
[with object]Medicine Insert a catheter into (a body cavity)
〔医〕将导管插入（病人，体腔）
the renal vein was not catheterized
Example sentencesExamples
- The right lower forelimb vein was catheterized for intravenous infusion of Ringer's lactate.
- An 86 year old man who had had a transurethral prostatectomy in 1985 was catheterised for acute urinary retention and allowed home with a catheter in situ.
- He presented to his local emergency department the next evening with acute urinary retention and was catheterised and admitted to a urological ward.
- The pulmonary artery and left atrium were catheterized and continuously perfused with a solution of 3% bovine serum albumin in buffered physiologic salt solution.
- As part of the surgeon's criteria for total joint replacements, I catheterized the patient intraoperatively after anesthesia with intubation.
Derivatives
nounˌkaθətərʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
mass nounThe action or process of inserting a catheter into a body cavity.
men were more likely to receive earlier catheterization than women
Example sentencesExamples
- as modifier the procedure is performed in the catheterization laboratory
- count noun she had the hole in the heart fixed with a simple cardiac catheterization through the groin
- During the last 10 years, we have substituted bedside echocardiography for right heart catheterization in our ICU.
- The advent of echocardiography, cardiac catheterisation, and nuclear medicine have since improved the diagnosis and investigation of patients with heart failure.
- The patient then has a stress thallium test or, at the preference of the cardiologist, heart catheterisation or coronary angiography.
Definition of catheterize in US English:
catheterize
(British catheterise)
verbˈkæθədəˌraɪzˈkaTHədəˌrīz
[with object]Medicine Insert a catheter into (a body cavity)
〔医〕将导管插入（病人，体腔）
the renal vein was not catheterized
Example sentencesExamples
- He presented to his local emergency department the next evening with acute urinary retention and was catheterised and admitted to a urological ward.
- As part of the surgeon's criteria for total joint replacements, I catheterized the patient intraoperatively after anesthesia with intubation.
- An 86 year old man who had had a transurethral prostatectomy in 1985 was catheterised for acute urinary retention and allowed home with a catheter in situ.
- The pulmonary artery and left atrium were catheterized and continuously perfused with a solution of 3% bovine serum albumin in buffered physiologic salt solution.
- The right lower forelimb vein was catheterized for intravenous infusion of Ringer's lactate.