Eustachian catheter — Eustachian Eu*sta chi*an, a. [From Eustachi, a learned Italian physician who died in Rome, 1574.] (Anat.) (a) Discovered by Eustachius. (b) Pertaining to the Eustachian tube; as, Eustachian catheter. [1913 Webster] {Eustachian catheter}, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
eustachian catheter — an instrument for inflating the eustachian tube for treatment of diseases of the middle ear … Medical dictionary
Eustachian — Eu*sta chi*an, a. [From Eustachi, a learned Italian physician who died in Rome, 1574.] (Anat.) (a) Discovered by Eustachius. (b) Pertaining to the Eustachian tube; as, Eustachian catheter. [1913 Webster] {Eustachian catheter}, a tubular… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Eustachian valve — Eustachian Eu*sta chi*an, a. [From Eustachi, a learned Italian physician who died in Rome, 1574.] (Anat.) (a) Discovered by Eustachius. (b) Pertaining to the Eustachian tube; as, Eustachian catheter. [1913 Webster] {Eustachian catheter}, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Catheter — Cath e*ter, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a thing let down or put in, catheter, fr. ? to send down, to let down; ? + ? to send.] (Med.) The name of various instruments for passing along mucous canals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be introduced… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Eustachian tube — Infobox Anatomy Name = Eustachian tube Latin = tuba auditiva GraySubject = 230 GrayPage = 1042 Caption = Anatomy of the human ear. Caption2 = MapPos = Eustachian Tube MapCaption = The middle ear Precursor = first branchial pouch System = Artery … Wikipedia
Prostatic catheter — Catheter Cath e*ter, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a thing let down or put in, catheter, fr. ? to send down, to let down; ? + ? to send.] (Med.) The name of various instruments for passing along mucous canals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
catheter — 1. A tubular instrument to allow passage of fluid from or into a body cavity or blood vessel. SEE ALSO: line (4). 2. Especially a c. designed to be passed through the urethra into the bladder to drain it of retained … Medical dictionary
Eustrachian tube — Eustachian Eu*sta chi*an, a. [From Eustachi, a learned Italian physician who died in Rome, 1574.] (Anat.) (a) Discovered by Eustachius. (b) Pertaining to the Eustachian tube; as, Eustachian catheter. [1913 Webster] {Eustachian catheter}, a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Eustachio — Bartolommeo E., Italian anatomist, 1524–1574. See eustachian catheter, eustachian cushion, eustachian tonsil, tuba eustachiana, eustachian tube, eustachian tuber, eustachian valve … Medical dictionary
