extubate
/ˈɛkstjubeɪt/
verb
- To remove a tube from a patient's body, especially a breathing tube from the airway.
- Once the anesthesia wore off, the surgeon was ready to extubate the patient.
- The doctor decided to extubate the patient after her breathing improved.
- Nurses carefully prepared to extubate the child who had been on a ventilator.
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