English: central venous catheter

Part of speech

Noun, Masculine, Singular

Plural

cathetrau gwythiennol canolog

Definition

A central venous catheter, also called a central line, is a long, thin, flexible tube used to give medicines, fluids, nutrients, or blood products over a long period of time, usually several weeks or more. A catheter is often inserted in the arm or chest through the skin into a large vein. The catheter is threaded through this vein until it reaches a large vein near the heart.

Notes

Weithiau defnyddir 'central vascular catheter' am lle'r term hwn yn Saesneg.