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The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as into the larynx in cases of croup.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cannulation, canulation, cannulization, cannulisation, canulization, canulisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: insertion, introduction, intromission
Probably coined in 1880–1884 by Joseph O'Dwyer, M.D.; in widespread publication in 1887.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Basque:
intubazio
— introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
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Catalan:
intubació
— introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
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Finnish:
intubaatio
— introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
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French:
tubage
— introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
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French:
intubation
— introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
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German:
Intubation
— introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
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Hindi:
नलिका-प्रवेशन
(nalikā-praveśan)
— introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
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Hindi:
इंट्यूबेशन
(iṇṭyūbeśan)
— introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
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Indonesian:
intubasi
— introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
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Italian:
intubazione
— introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
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Luxembourgish:
Intubatioun
— introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
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Polish:
intubacja
— introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
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Portuguese:
intubação
— introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
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Spanish:
intubación
— introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
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Turkish:
entübasyon
— introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open
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Vietnamese:
sự luồn ống
— introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open