catheterize

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

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.

“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.

“First of all, the use of ‘catheterized’ is the least necessary word choice I’ve ever heard in my life.

He has a feeding tube and needs to be catheterized every four hours and constantly monitored for seizures.