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noun
Say it like: Cat-h
The correct spelling is cath. A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A small tube inserted into a body cavity to administer a drug, create an opening, distend a passageway, or remove fluid.
- 2.An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows outwards (and thus, electrons flow inwards). It usually, but not always, has a positive voltage.
- 3.(by extension) The electrode at which chemical reduction of cations takes place, usually resulting in the deposition of metal onto the electrode.
- 4.The electrode from which electrons are emitted into a vacuum tube or gas-filled tube.
- 5.That electrode of a semiconductor device which is connected to the n-type material of a p-n junction.
verb
- 1.To introduce a catheter into part of the body.
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