intubate en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈɪntʃəbeɪt/ yod-coalescence
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɪntʃʊbeɪt/ yod-coalescence
- /ˈɪntjʊbeɪt/ non-yod-coalescence
- /ˈɪntʊbeɪt/ General American, yod-dropping
- /ˈɪntəbeɪt/ General American, yod-dropping
Etymology
From in- + tube + -ate (verb-forming suffix). First appears c. 1612 in the publications of Simon Sturtevant.
Meanings
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(transitive) To insert a tube into.
The doctor is about to intubate the patient's trachea.
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
1886 July 6, J. K. White, “HINTS IN PRACTICE”, in Canadian Practitioner:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| intubating | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| intubates | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| intubated | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| intubated | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
reintubate · intubator · unintubated · intubation · nonintubated
Translations (15)
ru интуби́ровать (to insert a tube into) · it intubare (to insert a tube into) · de intubieren (to insert a tube into) · ca intubar (to insert a tube into) · es intubar (to insert a tube into) · tr entübe etmek (to insert a tube into) · pl intubować (to insert a tube into) · el διασωληνώνω (to insert a tube into) · vi luồn ống (to insert a tube into) · pt entubar (to insert a tube into) · eu intubatu (to insert a tube into) · lb intubéieren (to insert a tube into) · fr intuber (to insert a tube into) · cmn 插管於 /插管于 (to insert a tube into) · fi intuboida (to insert a tube into)