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breathing tube noun[ C ] uk /ˈbriː.ðɪŋ ˌtʃuːb/ us /ˈbriː.ðɪŋ ˌtuːb/ a thin plastic tube that is put into someone's nose or mouth and down into their windpipe (= the tube through which air passes from your throat to your lungs) to put oxygen into their lungs and help them breathe: Treatment may include placing a breathing tube into the airway. He was in critical but stable condition, sedated and on a breathing tube. A breathing tube was inserted into her trachea to deliver life-giving oxygen. Intubation involves inserting a breathing tube into a patient's trachea. She'd wake up and try to pull the breathing tube out. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Medical & surgical equipment AED arthroscope aspirator balloon catheter bioengineer catheter EKG extracorporeal membrane oxygenation face mask FDG first aid kit gastroscope magnetic resonance imaging stenting syringe syringe driver thermal blanket tomography tongue depressor ventilator |