intubation noun.
[ɪntjʊ'beɪʃ(ǝ)n] L19.[from INTUBATE + -ATION.]Chiefly
Medicine. The insertion of a tube into (a part of) the body, esp. the trachea or oesophagus, for the purpose of diagnosis, treatment, force-feeding, etc.
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