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INTUBATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does intubate mean? 

INTUBATE (verb)
  The verb INTUBATE has 1 sense:

1. introduce a cannula or tube intoplay

  Familiarity information: INTUBATE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


INTUBATE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they intubate  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it intubates  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: intubated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: intubated  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: intubating  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Introduce a cannula or tube into

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cannulate; cannulise; cannulize; canulate; intubate

Context example:

Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck

Hypernyms (to "intubate" is one way to...):

enter; infix; insert; introduce (put or introduce into something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

intubation (the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ)


 Context examples 


Infants and individuals that are intubated are at highest risk.

(Hypernatremic Dehydration, NCI Thesaurus)

Endotracheal drug administration involves the introduction of the agent directly through the endotracheal tube in an intubated patient.

(Endotracheal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)



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