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entubation

entubation is the alternative spelling of intubation.

Meaning of intubation

Noun

intubation (countable and uncountable, plural intubations)

  1. The 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 cases1886 July 3, Dulaskie Miller, “On the Treatment of Diphtheria”, in Journal of the American Medical Association

Forms of entubation

pluralentubations

Questions about entubation

What is entubation the alternative spelling of?
Entubation is the alternative spelling of intubation.

Words near entubation in the dictionary

  1. ents
  2. Entscheidungsproblem
  3. Entsminger
  4. Entsmingers
  5. entsufon
  6. entubation
  7. entubations
  8. entubulation
  9. entubulations
  10. entune
  11. entuned

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Adapted from Wiktionary: entubation (page history and authors); intubation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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