verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To insert a tube into. transitive

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

2. 2
   introduce a cannula or tube into wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

cannulatecannulatecannulisecannulizecanulateintube

Antonyms

All antonyms

extubate

Example

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

Etymology

From in- + tube + -ate (verb-forming suffix). First appears c. 1612 in the publications of Simon Sturtevant.

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