coudé

See also: coude

English

Etymology

From French coudé.

Adjective

coudé (not comparable)

1. (of a catheter) Bent at the tip at a 45° angle, like an elbow.
   • 1926, Hugh H. Young, David Melvin Davis, Franklin Paradise Johnson, Young's Practice of Urology, Based on a Study of 12,500 Cases, page 469:

     Whereas the gum coudé or prostatic catheter enters more easily […]

   • 2019 October 8, Alok Gupta, Daniel B. Jones, Surgery Boot Camp Manual, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 28:

     FIGURE 22.1 A, Standard 16fr two-way Foley catheter. B, 18fr two-way coudé catheter. C, 24fr three-way catheter (hematuria catheter). Coudé catheters have curved tips (Figure 22.1B). These catheters are helpful […]

   • 2021 December 7, Barbara L Yoost, Lynne R Crawford, Fundamentals of Nursing E-Book: Active Learning for Collaborative Practice, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1067:

     Both Foley and coudé catheters are designed to be left in place, draining the bladder continuously or intermittently for an extended period of hours, […] .

French

Pronunciation

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Participle

coudé (feminine coudée, masculine plural coudés, feminine plural coudées)

1. past participle of couder

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• douce