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central line

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Central line
A tube placed by needle into a large, central vein of the body.
Mentioned in: Life Support

central line,
IV tubing inserted for continuous access to a central vein for administering fluids and medicines and for obtaining diagnostic information. Keeping the central line in place ensures accessibility to the venous system in case the peripheral veins collapse. See also central venous catheter.

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Customers will be able to travel straight to the White City area on the Hammersmith & City line instead of having to change to the Central line.
A new 100-metre rail spur will be built across the city's truck route to connect his Cathcart Street facility with the Canadian Pacific-Huron Central line running east to Sudbury.
Haemodialysis requires a patient's blood be filtered through an artificial kidney, via a surgically created fistula or central line.
 
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