cathéter

See also: catheter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καθετήρ (kathetḗr, “surgical instrument for emptying the bladder”), from καθίημι (kathíēmi, “to descend, let down”) + -τήρ (-tḗr, suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs) (from Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone or something whose role or purpose it is to perform the verb's action)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.te.tɛʁ/

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• Homophone: cathéters

Noun

cathéter m (plural cathéters)

1. catheter

Further reading

• “cathéter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• tacheter