intubate
verb
- to insert a tube in (usually a bodily passage or hollow organ)
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Pronunciation: /ˈɪntʃʊbeɪt/ / /ˈɪntʃəbeɪt/ / /ˈɪntjʊbeɪt/
verb
Etymology: From in- + tube + -ate (verb-forming suffix). First appears c. 1612 in the publications of Simon Sturtevant.
- To insert a tube into.
“The doctor is about to intubate the patient's trachea.”
“you have no right to withhold it, unless you intubate. Intubation of the larynx I have never tried, but I have a tube ready in my office ever since I read an article on it a short time ago”