In France, a unit for specifying the gauge of catheters and probes with diameters between 1⁄3 millimeter and 10 millimeters. One charrière = 1⁄3 millimeter. Symbol, Fr. Thus a 3-charrière catheter would have a diameter of 1 millimeter.
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