endotracheal

[ en-doh-trey-kee-uhl ]

adjective

1. placed or passing within the trachea:

   an endotracheal tube.

Word History and Origins

Origin of endotracheal¹

First recorded in 1905–10; endo- + tracheal

Example Sentences

I spent that night in and out of consciousness, with the endotracheal tube in my throat.

From Slate

The Michigan device doesn’t surround babies with fluid, but instead fills only their lungs though an endotracheal tube.

From Scientific American

During the next 45 minutes, according to Fox’s lawsuit and Hale’s report, a total of 11 Bellingham Fire Department employees, including an accountant and a secretary, took turns attempting to insert an endotracheal breathing tube down Ginn’s throat as his body lay in the apparatus bay.

From Seattle Times

That included laying the man’s body in an empty equipment bay hours after his death and letting employees, including the office secretary, take turns trying to insert an endotracheal breathing tube down the cadaver’s throat.

From Seattle Times

He did not survive the night and senior coroner Andrew Harris said an inquest in March would investigate whether the endotracheal tube should have been repositioned earlier.

From BBC