intubate

/ˈɪntʃʊbeɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.71 in modern English

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verb

To insert a tube into.

Transitive verb

"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"

From in- + tube + -ate (verb-forming suffix). First appears c. 1612 in the publications of Simon Sturtevant.

intubates (present, singular) intubating (participle, present) intubated (participle, past) intubated (past)

intubation intubator nonintubated reintubate unintubated

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How do you pronounce intubate?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪntʃʊbeɪt/.

What does intubate mean?

To insert a tube into.

Where does intubate come from?

From in- + tube + -ate (verb-forming suffix). First appears c. 1612 in the publications of Simon Sturtevant.

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