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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

“In my previous pregnancy, the doctor threatened to drop me from care because I preferred to not be catheterized, because it’s very painful,” she said.

From Washington Post Apr. 28, 2022

“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

“I was bedridden, catheterized, totally dependent,” she said.

From New York Times Jan. 9, 2015

In February, he had a mild heart attack, his fifth, and had a heart valve catheterized.

From Washington Post Jun. 27, 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 Cory Doctorow

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 John T. (John Thompson) MacCurdy




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