endotracheal

American  

[en-doh-trey-kee-uhl] / ˌɛn doʊˈtreɪ ki əl /

adjective

1. placed or passing within the trachea.

   an endotracheal tube.

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Etymology

Origin of endotracheal

First recorded in 1905–10; endo- + tracheal

Example Sentences

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 • Dec. 6, 2022

They tested monitors and ventilators, and they sorted supplies: bottles of sodium chloride, Foley catheters, endotracheal tubes, disposable stethoscopes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2020

I held her hand while they stuck the endotracheal tube down her throat and then walked with her stretcher to intensive care, feeling alternately guilty and angry.

From Slate • May 10, 2016

The company’s history traces back to the 1990s, when Sakezles, a graduate student at University of Florida, set out to evaluate a new endotracheal tube his lab had designed.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 16, 2015

I'd been just another Yale medical student and had never really thought of fighting until I got shut out of an endotracheal intubation seminar and signed up for a boxing class instead.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris