Med. [ad. L. cathetērism-us (in Kersey 1708–21), a. Gr. καθετηρισμός, f. καθετήρ (see prec.).] The employment of a catheter.
1721. Bailey, Catheterism, the Operation of injecting any thing into the Bladder by a Catheter.
1839–47. Todd, Cycl. Anat., III. 924/1.
1844. Dufton, Deafness, 71. The application of catheterism to the Eustachian tube.
So Catheterize v. [cf. F. cathétériser], to employ a catheter; Catheterization.
1849–52. Todd, Cycl. Anat., IV. 1260/1. The patient … had been frequently the subject of catheterization.
1874. Roosa, Dis. Ear, 38. Restoration of hearing by means of catheterization of the tube through the nose.
1881. Syd. Soc. Lex. Catheterise, to introduce a catheter.
