extubation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ex- +‎ tube +‎ -ation or extubate +‎ -ion

Noun[edit]

extubation (countable and uncountable, plural extubations)

  1. (medicine) The removal of a tube inserted by intubation.

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