ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endotracheal tube mean? 

• ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE (noun)
  The noun ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE has 1 sense:

1. a catheter that is inserted into the trachea through the mouth or nose in order to maintain an open air passage or to deliver oxygen or to permit the suctioning of mucus or to prevent aspiration of the stomach contents

  Familiarity information: ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A catheter that is inserted into the trachea through the mouth or nose in order to maintain an open air passage or to deliver oxygen or to permit the suctioning of mucus or to prevent aspiration of the stomach contents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("endotracheal tube" is a kind of...):

catheter (a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "endotracheal tube"):

nasotracheal tube (a tube inserted into the trachea through the nose and pharynx; used to deliver oxygen)

 Context examples 

Endotracheal drug administration involves the introduction of the agent directly through the endotracheal tube in an intubated patient.

(Endotracheal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

A two-way valve designed to control the pressure in an endotracheal tube cuff as introduced through a pilot balloon.

(Pilot Balloon Valve Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

Among the items analysed in the study were plastic syringes and tubes for the intravenous administration of fluids or parenteral nutrition; plastic nasogastric and enteral feeding tubes; oxygen masks and endotracheal tubes; and a wide range of cardiopulmonary bypass circuits, dressings, bandages, and electrodes.

(Babies in neonatal intensive care units are exposed to harmful chemical substances found in plastic, University of Granada)