Intubate
/ˈɪntʃʊbeɪt/ verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To insert a tube into. transitive
"The doctor is about to intubate the patient's trachea."
- 2 introduce a cannula or tube into wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"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.