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endotracheal

American  
[en-doh-tray-kee-uhl] / ˌɛn doʊˈtreɪ ki əl /

adjective

  1. placed or passing within the trachea.

    an endotracheal tube.


Etymology

Origin of endotracheal

First recorded in 1905–10; endo- + tracheal


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He did not survive the night and senior coroner Andrew Harris said an inquest in March would investigate whether the endotracheal tube should have been repositioned earlier.

From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2022

They tested monitors and ventilators, and they sorted supplies: bottles of sodium chloride, Foley catheters, endotracheal tubes, disposable stethoscopes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2020

They also employ endotracheal tubes, which protect the airways from the aspiration of stomach contents.

From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2017

The company’s history traces back to the 1990s, when Sakezles, a graduate student at University of Florida, set out to evaluate a new endotracheal tube his lab had designed.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 16, 2015

I'd been just another Yale medical student and had never really thought of fighting until I got shut out of an endotracheal intubation seminar and signed up for a boxing class instead.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

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