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- pronunciation:
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| definition 1: |
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.
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| definition 2: |
the condition of having been connected to a ventilator through use of a tube inserted through the mouth and into the upper respiratory tract.
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