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intubate

[ in-too-beyt, -tyoo- ]

verb (used with object)

, Medicine/Medical.
, in·tu·bat·ed, in·tu·bat·ing.
  1. to insert a tube into (the trachea, digestive tract, etc.).
  2. to treat (a patient) by inserting a tube into the trachea, digestive tract, etc.


intubate

/ ˈɪntjʊˌbeɪt /

verb

  1. tr med to insert a tube or cannula into (a hollow organ); cannulate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌintuˈbation, noun
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Other Words From

  • in·tu·ba·tion [in-t, oo, -, bey, -sh, uh, n, -ty, oo, -], noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of intubate1

First recorded in 1605–15; equivalent to in- 2 + tubate
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Example Sentences

Six days later, he was intubated and placed on a ventilator.

Some programs will not take a patient who has been intubated more than a week.

As soon as Chang was intubated, his wife, Dana Chang, tapped into a network of police contacts in search of more advanced care.

One, Mackenzie, was intubated for two weeks and stayed in the hospital for over a month.

If he caught the virus, he would be unlikely to cooperate with the treatment that he may need, such as being intubated, she said.

Ian was obviously free to intubate every young lady he saw, and Cait would never harbor the flimsiest dinghy of a grievance.

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