资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Prostatic \Pro*stat"ic\, a. (Anat.)
Of or pertaining to the prostate gland.
{Prostatic catheter}. (Med.) See under {Catheter}.
Catheter \Cath"e*ter\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? a thing let down or put
in, catheter, fr. ? to send down, to let down; ? + ? to
send.] (Med.)
The name of various instruments for passing along mucous
canals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be introduced
into the bladder through the urethra to draw off the urine.
{Eustachian catheter}. See under {Eustachian}.
{Prostatic catheter}, one adapted for passing an enlarged
prostate.