- de Pezzer catheter
- a self-retaining urethral catheter having a bulbous extremity.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
de Pezzer catheter
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Pezzer catheter — de Pezzer c … Medical dictionary
de Pezzer catheter — de Pez·zer catheter (də pĕ zaґ) [Oscar Michel Benvenuto de Pezzer, French surgeon, 1853–1917] see under catheter … Medical dictionary
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
de Pezzer — O., 19th century French physician. See de Pezzer catheter … Medical dictionary
