Definition of breathing tube
: a tube inserted (as through the nose or mouth) into the trachea to maintain an unobstructed passageway especially to deliver oxygen or anesthesia to the lungs
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Medical Definition of breathing tube
2: a tube inserted into the trachea especially to deliver oxygen or anesthesia to the lungs : endotracheal tube An anesthesiologist shoehorned a breathing tube down the patient's throat.—Steve Fishman, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 1989—called also endotracheal tube
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