CATHETERISE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they catheterise ... he / she / it catheterises

Past simple: catheterised

Past participle: catheterised

-ing form: catheterising

Meaning:

Insert a catheter into (a body part)

Example:

catheterize the patient's bladder

Synonyms:

catheterise; catheterize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "catheterise" is one way to...):

enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in (place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

catheter (a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open)

catheterisation; catheterization (the operation of introducing a catheter into the body)