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FORCED FEEDING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat
Synonyms:
forced feeding; gavage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("forced feeding" is a kind of...):
alimentation; feeding (the act of supplying food and nourishment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "forced feeding"):
nasogastric feeding (feeding consisting of delivering liquid nutrients through a tube passing through the nose and into the stomach)
gastrogavage (feeding a nutrient solution into the stomach through a tube through a surgically created opening)
Derivation:
force-feed (feed someone who will not or cannot eat)
