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