intubate

English

Etymology

c. 1884, Back-formation from intubation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪntjʊbeɪt/, /ˈɪntəbeɪt/, (yod-coalescence) /ˈɪntʃəbeɪt/
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Verb

intubate (third-person singular simple present intubates, present participle intubating, simple past and past participle intubated)

  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

Translations

Italian

Verb

intubate

  1. inflection of intubare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Participle

intubate f pl

  1. feminine plural of intubato

Spanish

Verb

intubate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of intubar combined with te
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