verb
- to insert a catheter into (a body part, especially the bladder) for medical purposes
Usage: chiefly British spelling; American English typically uses 'catheterize'; medical/clinical term
Examples
- The patient needed to be catheterised before surgery.
- The doctor will catheterise the urinary bladder to relieve the obstruction.
- Nurses are trained to catheterise patients safely and with minimal discomfort.
- The procedure to catheterise the heart requires specialized equipment.
- After the accident, the injured man had to be catheterised in the emergency room.