intubation
(ɪntjuːˈbeɪʃən)
[n. of action from prec.: see -ation.]
The insertion of a tube; esp. intubation of the larynx, the insertion of a tube into the glottis to keep it open, in diphtheria, etc.: see prec. 2.
| 1887 Braithwaite's Retrosp. Med. XCV. 176 Intubation is destined, I think, to be employed more generally than tracheotomy. 1896 Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 752 The use of tubage or intubation of the glottis is a topic which hardly needs to be discussed with reference to diphtheritic laryngitis. 1897 Ibid. III. 376 In the earlier stages of malignant stricture Symonds advocates intubation of the stricture. |