catheterization

2 definitions found

catheterization - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Catheterism \Cath"e*ter*ism\, Catheterization
  \Cath`e*ter*i*za"tion\, n. (Med.)
     The operation of introducing a catheter.
     [1913 Webster]

catheterization - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  catheterization
      n 1: the operation of introducing a catheter into the body [syn:
           catheterization, catheterisation]