endotracheal tube

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   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

   Broadercatheter

   Narrowernasotracheal tube

Questions about endotracheal tube

What does endotracheal tube mean?

endotracheal tube means "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".

Is endotracheal tube a common word?

endotracheal tube is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.