Meanings
plural intubations · alternative entubation
- countableuncountablemedicineThe introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in cases of croup.
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
1886 July 3, Dulaskie Miller, “On the Treatment of Diphtheria”, in Journal of the American Medical Association1 more example
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.
1887, J. O'Dwyer, “Intubation Of The Larynx, With Demonstration On A Cadaver”, in Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of New York, page 323
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Probably coined in 1880–1884 by Joseph O'Dwyer, M.D.; in widespread publication in 1887.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque intubazio
- intubaziointroduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
Catalan intubació
- intubacióintroduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
Finnish intubaatio
- intubaatiointroduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
French tubage, intubation
- tubageintroduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
- intubationintroduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
German Intubation
- Intubationintroduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
Hindi नलिका-प्रवेशन, इंट्यूबेशन
- नलिका-प्रवेशन (nalikā-praveśan)introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
- इंट्यूबेशन (iṇṭyūbeśan)introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
Indonesian intubasi
- intubasiintroduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
Italian intubazione
- intubazioneintroduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
Polish intubacja
- intubacjaintroduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
Portuguese intubação
- intubaçãointroduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
Spanish intubación
- intubaciónintroduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
Turkish entübasyon
- entübasyonintroduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
Vietnamese sự luồn ống
- sự luồn ốngintroduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with intubation
Cite this entry
intubation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intubation
“intubation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/intubation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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