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- catheter
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- A tubular instrument to allow passage of fluid from or into a body cavity.
- Especially a catheter designed to be passed through the urethra into the bladder to drain it of retained urine.
- A flexible, hollow plastic or rubber tube that may be passed into a blood vessel to withdraw fluids or inject medicine or contrast materials.
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