INTUBATIONS
\ɪntjuːbˈe͡ɪʃənz], \ɪntjuːbˈeɪʃənz], \ɪ_n_t_j_uː_b_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n_z]\
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Introduction of a tube into a hollow organ to restore or maintain patency if obstructed. It is differentiated from CATHETERIZATION in that the insertion of a catheter is usually performed for the introducing or withdrawing of fluids from the body.
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sir richard blackmore
- An English physician poet; born in Wiltshire about 1650; died 1729. Besides medical works, Scripture paraphrases, satirical verse, he wrote Popian couplets "Prince Arthur, a Heroic Poem"(1695), and voluminous religious epic, "The Creation"(1712), very successful much praised then, but not now read.