Term: endotracheal tube: a catheter that is inserted into the trachea through the mouth or nose in order to maintain an open air passage or to deliver oxygen or to permit the suctioning of mucus or to prevent aspiration of the stomach contents
Candidate hypernym: catheter: a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open → 1
Candidate hypernym: round steak: a lean cut of beef from between the rump and the shank → 0
Candidate hypernym: red-winged blackbird: North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings → 0
Candidate hypernym: nailfile: a small flat file for shaping the nails → 0
Candidate hypernym: airiness: the property of something weightless and insubstantial → 0
Candidate hypernym: shovelhead: small harmless hammerhead having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries → 0
Candidate hypernym: injection: the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe → 0
Candidate hypernym: disposal: the power to use something or someone → 0
Candidate hypernym: characteristic: the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2 → 0
Candidate hypernym: straw: plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder → 0
Candidate hypernym: microgliacyte: a cell of the microglia that may become phagocytic and collect waste products of nerve tissue → 0