1. past tense and past participle of cath; to insert a catheter into (a patient or body part)
Usage: medical; informal shortening of 'catheterized'

Examples

• The patient was cathed before the surgical procedure.
• The nurse cathed the patient to monitor urine output.
• After the accident, he had to be cathed for several days during recovery.
• The doctor cathed the artery to inject contrast dye for imaging.