cathéter
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See also: catheter
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek καθετήρ (kathetḗr, “surgical instrument for emptying the bladder”), from καθίημι (kathíēmi, “to descend, let down”) + -τήρ (-tḗr, suffix forming masculine nouns from verbs) (from Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone or something whose role or purpose it is to perform the verb's action)).
Pronunciation
Noun
cathéter m (plural cathéters)
Further reading
- “cathéter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.