Intubation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in cases of croup. countable, uncountable

    "Intubation, it is now claimed, offers these advantages. Since the revival of this procedure by Dr. O'Dwyer a little more than a year ago, it has been tested in many cases"

  2. 2
    the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ wordnet

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cannulationcannulationcannulisationcannulizationcanulationcanulisation

Example

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"Some of them required intubation and admission to the intensive care unit."

Etymology

Probably coined in 1880–1884 by Joseph O'Dwyer, M.D.; in widespread publication in 1887.

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