catheterization

English

Alternative forms

catheterisation

Etymology

catheter +‎ -ization

Noun

catheterization (countable and uncountable, plural catheterizations)

The procedure of introducing a catheter.
Since the development of fiber optics, treatments utilizing catheterization have replaced some former surgical procedures.

Translations

the procedure of introducing a catheter

Finnish: katetrointi (fi)
Galician: cateterismo (gl) m

Greek: καθετηριασμός (el) m (kathetiriasmós)

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