Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An instrument for inserting the tube in the operation of intubation.

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Examples

  • Even so, its two vast tents are so jammed with severely injured patients that others are forced to lie outside, and basic equipment - a heart-monitoring system, an intubator, a ventilator, even oxygen - is lacking.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Such equipment included a heart-monitoring system, an intubator, a ventilator, and oxygen.

    Countercurrents.org 2010

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