intubate

English

Etymology

c. 1884, Back-formation from intubation.

Verb

1. (transitive, medicine) To insert a tube into.

   The doctor is about to intubate the patient's trachea.

   • 1886 July 6, J. K. White, “HINTS IN PRACTICE”, in Canadian Practitioner:

     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

Derived terms

• intubation

Translations

to insert a tube into

• Catalan: intubar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 插管於／插管于, 插管於／插管于 (chāguǎn yú)

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• Finnish: intuboida
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• French: intuber (fr)
• German: intubieren (de)
• Portuguese: entubar
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Italian

Verb

intubate

1. second-person plural present indicative of intubare
2. second-person plural imperative of intubare
3. feminine plural of intubato