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Catheterize

To operate on with a catheter.

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Enclose 76% connected

To inclose. See Inclose.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inclose 76% connected

To surround; to shut in; to confine on all sides; to include; to shut up; to encompass; as, to inclose a fort or an army with troops; to inclose a to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Insert 76% connected

To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to ins…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Introduce 76% connected

To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room.

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Catheter 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Catheter 74% connected

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

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Catheterization 74% connected

The operation of introducing a catheter.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Catheterization 74% connected

The operation of introducing a catheter.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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