Intubate

Origin

c. 1884, Back-formation from {{3}}

Full definition of intubate

Verb

1. (transitive, medicine) To insert a tube into.The doctor is about to intubate the patient's trachea.
• 1886, July 6th, J. K. White, HINTS IN PRACTICE, 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