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hickman line

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables
hick-man -line
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A central venous catheter most often used for the administration of chemotherapy or other medications, as well as for the withdrawal of blood for analysis.

Etymology

Named after Robert O. Hickman (1927–2019), American nephrologist.

Inflected Forms

Hickman lines (plural)

Synonyms

Hickman

Questions

What does hickman line mean?
A central venous catheter most often used for the administration of chemotherapy or other medications, as well as for the withdrawal of blood for analysis.
Where does hickman line come from?
Named after Robert O. Hickman (1927–2019), American nephrologist.

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