intubation

2 definitions found

intubation - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Intubation \In`tu*ba"tion\, n. [Pref. in- in + tube.] (Med.)
     The introduction of a tube into an organ to keep it open, as
     into the larynx in croup.
     [1913 Webster]

intubation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  intubation
      n 1: the insertion of a cannula or tube into a hollow body organ
           [syn: cannulation, canulation, cannulization,
           cannulisation, canulization, canulisation,
           intubation]