noun
Origin: LL < Gr kathetēr < kathienai, to let down, thrust in < kata-, down + hienai, to send: see jet
See catheter in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Late Latin
Origin: , from Greek kathetēr
Origin: , from kathīenai, kathe-, to send down
Origin: : kat-, kata-, cata-
Origin: + hīenai, to send; see yē- in Indo-European roots
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