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CATHETERISATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does catheterisation mean?
• CATHETERISATION (noun)
The noun CATHETERISATION has 1 sense:
1. the operation of introducing a catheter into the body
Familiarity information: CATHETERISATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The operation of introducing a catheter into the body
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
catheterisation; catheterization
Hypernyms ("catheterisation" is a kind of...):
operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
Derivation:
catheterise (insert a catheter into (a body part))
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