cath
1 of 4noun
ˈkath 
plural caths
: catheterization
especially : cardiac catheterization
… four or five low-risk caths could easily be done each day. 
David Guo
—often used before another noun David Guo Twenty minutes later, she was in the heart cath room where Drs. Maddox and Bronson spent the next two hours delicately pushing 3 stents into an artery … Roger Aiken
Roger Aiken cath
2 of 4verb
cathed; cathing
transitive verb
: to insert a catheter into (a patient) : to perform a catheterization procedure on (a patient)
… the nurse soon returned and said she had tried to cath the woman but couldn't find her urethra … Charles Hagen
Charles Hagencath
3 of 4abbreviation
1
cathartic
2
cathedral
3
catheter
4
cathode
cath-
4 of 4prefix
see cata-
Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1976, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1980, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
cath 1 of 3
noun
ˈkath
: catheterization
especially : cardiac catheterization
A routine catheterization takes no more than an hour. Allowing for preparation and cleanup time, that means four or five low-risk caths could easily be done each day. David Guo, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
—often used before another noun David Guo, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette a cath lab
cath
2 of 3transitive verb
: to insert a catheter into : subject to catheterization
… the nurse soon returned and said she had tried to cath the woman but couldn't find her urethra … Charles Hagen, in Emergency!: True Stories from the Nation's ERs
Charles Hagen, in Emergency!: True Stories from the Nation's ERscath
3 of 3abbreviation
1
cathartic
2
catheter
3
cathode