verb

intubate

IHNT-shuu-bayt

verb

To insert a breathing tube into someone's airway, usually to help them breathe.

"The paramedics had to intubate the patient at the scene of the accident."

How to Use Intubate

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishTo put a tube down someone's throat, usually into the windpipe, to help them breathe.

Common pairings

intubate a patient rapidly intubate

intubated past tense, intubates singular

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The paramedics had to _____ the patient at the scene of the accident.

From in- + tube + -ate; first recorded around 1612.

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