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catheterize

[kath-i-tuh-rahyz] / ˈkæθ ɪ təˌraɪz /




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Sometimes the bladder fills but doesn’t empty, and astronauts need to catheterize themselves.

From New York Times Nov. 12, 2023

Just a few feet away from the swarm of reporters, she crouched unnoticed to catheterize her son.

From Washington Post Oct. 11, 2015

Roman doctors knew how to perform amputations and caesarean sections, how to take out eyes, catheterize bladders, and perform pelvic exams with a speculum.

From Forbes May 21, 2015

OK, then, Mr. Deeson, we’re going to have to catheterize you again.

From Salon Sep. 16, 2013

“We have seen athletes catheterize themselves,” Wadler said.

From New York Times Aug. 21, 2010

To prevent permanent damage, the man needed to be swiftly catheterized, a procedure that would insert a balloon into his blocked artery and force it open.

From New York Times Sep. 24, 2022

Forssmann catheterized his own heart nine more times.

From Washington Post Jun. 23, 2017

“If I have a 10-year-old that has to be catheterized two to three times a day at schools, I would not want multiple sets of eyes looking at my daughter’s private regions,” Smith says.

From US News Mar. 23, 2016

He was eventually returned to Varick and catheterized, he wrote.

From New York Times Feb. 24, 2010

I was catheterized, but I didn’t know it until urgent necessity made the discovery for me.

From Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Doctorow, Cory

In court filings, the hospital does not deny conducting an exam, administering sedatives intravenously, catheterizing the woman to collect urine, and conducting X-rays and abdominal and pelvic CT scans.

From Washington Post Aug. 18, 2018

She eats better, catheterizing is no longer necessary.

From Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type by MacCurdy, John T. (John Thompson)




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