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intubate (v.)
1610s, "to form into tubes," from
in-
(2) "in" + Latin
tuba
"tube" (see
tuba
) +
-ate
(2). Medical sense is from 1887. Related:
Intubated
.
Intubation
"act of inserting a tube" (into an orifice) is from 1885.
