Medical term:
indwelling
indwelling
[in´dwel-ing]pertaining to a catheter or other tube left within an organ or body passage for drainage, maintenance of patency, or administration of drugs or nutrients.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.
indwelling
(ĭn′dwĕl′ĭng)adj.
1. Dwelling or residing within.
2. Placed or implanted within the body, as a catheter or electrode.
n.
An inner presence, as of a spirit or power.
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indwelling
Of a CATHETER or draining tube that is left in situ for a length of time.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
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