intubate

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UK/ˈɪntʃʊbeɪt/UK/ˈɪntʃəbeɪt/UK/ˈɪntjʊbeɪt//ˈɪntʊbeɪt/

verb

To insert a tube into.

“The doctor is about to intubate the patient's trachea.”

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Meanings

verbintubate (third-person singular simple present intubates, present participle intubating, simple past and past participle intubated)

present singular third person intubates · participle present intubating · participle past intubated · past intubated

  1. transitivemedicineTo insert a tube into.

    The doctor is about to intubate the patient's trachea.

    1 more example

    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

    1886 July 6, J. K. White, “HINTS IN PRACTICE”, in Canadian Practitioner

Synonyms & antonyms

verbintroduce a cannula or tube into

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cannulatecannulizecannulisecanulate
Broader
insertinfixenter
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cannulatecannulisecannulizeintube

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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

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Translations

Basque intubatu
  • intubatuto insert a tube into
Catalan intubar
  • intubarto insert a tube into
Chinese Mandarin 插管於 /插管于
  • 插管於 /插管于 (chāguǎn yú)to insert a tube into
Finnish intuboida
  • intuboidato insert a tube into
French intuber
  • intuberto insert a tube into
German intubieren
  • intubierento insert a tube into
Greek διασωληνώνω
  • διασωληνώνω (diasolinóno)to insert a tube into
Italian intubare
  • intubareto insert a tube into
Polish intubować
  • intubowaćto insert a tube into
Portuguese entubar
  • entubarto insert a tube into
Russian интуби́ровать
  • интуби́ровать (intubírovatʹ)to insert a tube into
Spanish intubar
  • intubarto insert a tube into
Turkish entübe etmek
  • entübe etmekto insert a tube into
Vietnamese luồn ống
  • luồn ốngto insert a tube into
Cite this entry
APA

intubate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intubate

MLA

“intubate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intubate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “intubate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intubate.

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