intubate |
of a doctor or other medical personnel, to insert a tube through a patient's mouth and into the upper respiratory tract in order to connect the patient to a machine, a ventilator, that assists in breathing. |
intubation |
the process, carried out by a doctor or other medical personnel, of inserting a tube through a patient's mouth and into the upper respiratory tract in order to connect the patient to a machine, a ventilator, that assists in breathing. [2 definitions] |
intuit |
to know or apprehend directly, without a process of logical thought. |
intuitable |
combined form of intuit. |
intuition |
the power of knowing or apprehending something directly, without learning it consciously or submitting it to processes of logic. [3 definitions] |
intuitive |
of or pertaining to intuition. [3 definitions] |
Inuit |
a member of a group of native people of North America that inhabit areas from Greenland and eastern Canada to Alaska. [3 definitions] |
inulin |
a starchlike polysaccharide used to make fructose and, when water is added to it, glucose. |
inundate |
to cover or overspread with water, esp. a very large amount; flood. [2 definitions] |
inure |
to accustom to something unpleasant, esp. by continuous or lengthy experience. [2 definitions] |
in vacuo |
(Latin) in a vacuum; entirely alone or isolated. |
invade |
to enter as an enemy, by force, in order to conquer or plunder. [4 definitions] |
invader |
one who enters as an enemy, by force, in order to conquer or plunder. [2 definitions] |
in vain |
to no purpose; without substantial or lasting effect. [2 definitions] |
invalid1 |
one who is ill or disabled, esp. chronically. [4 definitions] |
invalid2 |
without legal or factual force or effect; not valid; void. [2 definitions] |
invalidate |
to make invalid; deprive of force or effect. |
invaluable |
having value too great to estimate or measure; priceless. |
invariable |
not subject to change or variation; consistently the same. [2 definitions] |
invariably |
without ever a change; on every occasion. |
invasion |
an act of entering into the territory of others with the intention of overtaking; an act or instance of invading. [4 definitions] |