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Catheter

The name of various instruments for passing along mucous canals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be introduced into the bladder through the urethra to draw off the urine.

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Tube 76% connected

A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance of fluids, and for various other purposes; a pipe.

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Tubing 76% connected

of Tube

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Catheterize 74% connected

To operate on with a catheter.

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Catheterize 74% connected

To operate on with a catheter.

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Ball noun · 78% connection

one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"

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Ballock noun · 78% connection

one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"

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Bollock noun · 78% connection

one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"

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BPH noun · 78% connection

enlarged prostate; appears to be part of the natural aging process

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Catheterisation noun · 78% connection

the operation of introducing a catheter into the body

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Catheterization noun · 78% connection

the operation of introducing a catheter into the body

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ED noun · 78% connection

impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis

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Egg noun · 78% connection

one of the two male reproductive glands that produce spermatozoa and secrete androgens; "she kicked him in the balls and got away"

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Enuresis noun · 78% connection

inability to control the flow of urine and involuntary urination

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Erectile dysfunction noun · 78% connection

impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis

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Haematuria noun · 78% connection

the presence of blood in the urine; often a symptom of urinary tract disease

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Hematuria noun · 78% connection

the presence of blood in the urine; often a symptom of urinary tract disease

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Hydronephrosis noun · 78% connection

accumulation of urine in the kidney because of an obstruction in the ureter

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Kidney noun · 78% connection

either of two bean-shaped excretory organs that filter wastes (especially urea) from the blood and excrete them and water in urine; "u…

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Kidney stone noun · 78% connection

a calculus formed in the kidney

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Male erectile dysfunction noun · 78% connection

impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis

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Nephrectomy noun · 78% connection

surgical removal of a kidney

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Alto noun · 78% connection

(of a musical instrument) the second highest instrument in a family of musical instruments

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Appellative noun · 78% connection

A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…

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Band verb · 78% connection

A number of musicians who play together upon portable musical instruments, especially those making a loud sound, as certain wind instr…

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Barb noun · 78% connection

Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and…

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Bladder noun · 78% connection

A bag or sac in animals, which serves as the receptacle of some fluid; as, the urinary bladder; the gall bladder; -- applied especiall…

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Catarrh noun · 78% connection

An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and qualit…

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Catfish noun · 78% connection

A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias n…

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Cathay noun · 78% connection

China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for…

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Cyst noun · 78% connection

In old authors, the urinary bladder, or the gall bladder.

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Cystic adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder.

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Drag verb · 78% connection

To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, a…

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Elzevir adjective · 78% connection

Applied to books or editions (esp. of the Greek New Testament and the classics) printed and published by the Elzevir family at Amsterd…

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