intubate

🇺🇸 /ˈɪntubeɪt/ 🇬🇧 /ˈɪntjubeɪt/
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verb
R

Insert a tube into a body cavity or passage, especially to assist breathing.

The doctor had to intubate the patient to help him breathe.

translation

v. Insert a tube into a body cavity or passage, especially to assist breathing.

Word Forms

3rd Present intubates
Past intubated
Perfect intubated
Progressive intubating