Furthermore, if theyâre not inserted properly, catheters can cause internal bleeding and damage to the urinary tract. Many patients also find them uncomfortable and painful; they can cause the skin in the area to break down and trigger bladder stones, causing pain and difficulty passing urine. Worryingly, sometimes the wrong type is used. There are different catheters for short and long-term use, and for men and women.
verb. Infer is defined as to conclude from evidence or assumptions. An example of infer is to assume that a child took the plate of cookies since he was the only one in the room when the cookies went missing.
infer vs. imply. Sir Thomas More is the first writer known to have used both infer and imply in their approved senses in 1528 (with infer meaning âto deduce from factsâ and imply meaning âto hint atâ). He is also the first to have used infer in a sense close in meaning to imply (1533). Both of these uses of infer coexisted without comment until some time around the end of World War I. Since then, the indicate and hint or suggest meanings of infer have been frequently