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FOLEY-CATHETER


origination date: 31/05/2002
originator: Carlos
subject field: medicine:instrument
check date: 24/06/2002
checker: Pamela
URL: http://www.healthsquare.com/mc/fgmc0874.htm


Conceptual Structures
ISACATHETER
ANCESTORSALL
ARTIFACT
CATHETER
DEVICE
INANIMATE
MEDICAL-DEVICE
OBJECT
PHYSICAL-OBJECT
SEPARABLE-ENTITY
SURGICAL-AND-AMBULATORY-MEDICAL-DEVICES


English
Foley catheterterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
number: singular
reliability code: 10
definition: small device placed in the head to administer chemotherapy into the fluid surrounding the brain. It consists of a small deposit and very thin tubes. This device avoids multiple painful spinal taps. (en)

Spanish
sonda de Foleyterm type: main entry term
part of speech: noun
reliability code: 10
number: singular
gender: feminine
definition: pequeño dispositivo que se inserta en la cabeza y se emplea para administrar quimioterapia al fluido que rodea el cerebro. Consta de un pequeño depósito e intuc¡bación muy delgada. Este dispositivo evita la necesidad de múltiples y dolorosas punciones espinales. (es)