INTUBATE

cannulate, cannulize, cannulise, intubate, canulate

(verb) introduce a cannula or tube into; “Cannulate the blood vessel in the neck”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

intubate (third-person singular simple present intubates, present participle intubating, simple past and past participle intubated)

(transitive, medicine) To insert a tube into.

Source: Wiktionary



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PRESENTATION

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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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