intubate
pronunciation
How to pronounce intubate in British English:
UK ['ɪntjʊbeɪt]
How to pronounce intubate in American English:
US ['ɪntʊbeɪt]
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- Verb:
- introduce a cannule or tube into
Word Origin
- intubate (v.)
- 1610s, "to form into tubes," from in- (2) "in" + Latin tuba "tube" (see tuba) + -ate (2). Medical sense is from 1889. Related: Intubated; intubation.
Example
- 1. She 's losing consciousness ! I need to intubate !
- 2. I 'm gonna need to intubate him .
- 3. You know how to intubate ?
- 4. It 's hard to intubate . You want me to do that ?
- 5. Is it safer to intubate premature infants in the delivery room ?