catheterization

English

Alternative forms

• catheterisation

Etymology

Etymology tree

English catheter

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English -ization

English catheterization

From catheter + -ization.

Noun

catheterization (countable and uncountable, plural catheterizations)

1. The procedure of introducing a catheter.

   Since the development of fiber optics, treatments utilizing catheterization have replaced some former surgical procedures.

Derived terms

• autocatheterization
• decatheterization
• microcatheterization
• post-catheterization
• precatheterization
• pre-catheterization
• recatheterization
• self-catheterization

Related terms

• cath
• catheter
• catheterize

Translations

the procedure of introducing a catheter

• Finnish: katetrointi (fi)
• Galician: cateterismo (gl) m
• Greek: καθετηριασμός (el) m (kathetiriasmós)