intubate

English

Etymology

c. 1884, Back-formation from intubation.

Verb

intubate (third-person singular simple present intubates, present participle intubating, simple past and past participle intubated)

(transitive, medicine) To insert a tube into.
The doctor is about to intubate the patient's trachea.
- 1886 July 6, J. K. White, “HINTS IN PRACTICE”, in Canadian Practitioner:
  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

Derived terms

intubation

Translations

to insert a tube into

Catalan: intubar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 插管於, 插管於 (chāguǎn yú)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: intuboida

French: intuber (fr)
German: intubieren (de)
Portuguese: entubar
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Italian

Verb

intubate

second-person plural present indicative of intubare
second-person plural imperative of intubare
feminine plural of intubato

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