catheterise

Questions about catheterise

What does catheterise mean?

catheterise means "insert a catheter into (a body part)".

How many syllables are in catheterise?

catheterise has 4 syllables and divides as ca-the-te-rise under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for catheterise?

Close synonyms include catheterize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is catheterise a common word?

catheterise is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.