intubate

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈɪntʃʊbeɪt/
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/ˈɪntʃʊbeɪt/ · /ˈɪntʃəbeɪt/ · /ˈɪntjʊbeɪt/ · /ˈɪntʊbeɪt/ · /ˈɪntəbeɪt/

Definition of intubate

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (transitive)To insert a tube into.
    “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”

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Etymology

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

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