coudé

adjective

Bent at the tip at a 45° angle, like an elbow.

OriginFrench coudé →
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Meanings

adjectivecoudé (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBent at the tip at a 45° angle, like an elbow.

    Whereas the gum coudé or prostatic catheter enters more easily[…]

    1926, Hugh H. Young, David Melvin Davis, Franklin Paradise Johnson, Young's Practice of Urology, Based on a Study of 12,500 Cases, page 469
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    FIGURE 22.1 A, Standard 16fr two-way Foley catheter. B, 18fr two-way coudé catheter. C, 24fr three-way catheter (hematuria catheter). Coudé catheters have curved tips (Figure 22.1B). These catheters are helpful[…]

    2019 October 8, Alok Gupta, Daniel B. Jones, Surgery Boot Camp Manual, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 28

    Both Foley and coudé catheters are designed to be left in place, draining the bladder continuously or intermittently for an extended period of hours, […].

    2021 December 7, Barbara L Yoost, Lynne R Crawford, Fundamentals of Nursing E-Book: Active Learning for Collaborative Practice, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 1067

Origin

  1. Frenchcoudé
  2. Englishcoudé

From French coudé.

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APA

coudé. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coud%C3%A9

MLA

“coudé.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coud%C3%A9. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coudé,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coud%C3%A9.

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