Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intubation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: in-tu-ba-tion
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in cases of croup.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Intubation, it is now claimed, offers these advantages. Since the revival of this procedure by Dr. O'Dwyer a little more than a year ago, it has been tested in many cases"
"Before proceeding to demonstrate the method of practising intubation of the larynx on this little cadaver, I will pass around for your inspection a few of the principal varieties of tubes devised to overcome obstruction in the larynx in croup and other forms of stenosis. They will serve to show the different stages of development through which this operation has passed from its inception in January 1880 to the present time."

Etymology

Probably coined in 1880–1884 by Joseph O'Dwyer, M.D.; in widespread publication in 1887.

Usage

Inflected Forms

intubations (plural) entubation (alternative)

Derived Forms

intubationist postintubation preintubation reintubation

Frequently Paired Words

intubate tubage

Synonyms

cannulation canulation cannulization cannulisation canulization canulisation

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization head station nation location

Questions

What does intubation mean?: The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in cases of croup.
Where does intubation come from?: Probably coined in 1880–1884 by Joseph O'Dwyer, M.D.; in widespread publication in 1887.

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