catheterization

English

Alternative forms

• catheterisation

Etymology

From catheter +‎ -ization.

Noun

catheterization (countable and uncountable, plural catheterizations)

1. The procedure of introducing a catheter.

   Since the development of fiber optics, treatments utilizing catheterization have replaced some former surgical procedures.

Derived terms

• autocatheterization
• decatheterization
• microcatheterization
• post-catheterization
• precatheterization
• pre-catheterization
• recatheterization
• self-catheterization

Related terms

• cath
• catheter
• catheterize

Translations

the procedure of introducing a catheter

Finnish: katetrointi (fi) Galician: cateterismo (gl) m Greek: καθετηριασμός (el) m (kathetiriasmós)