GASTROGAVAGE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Feeding a nutrient solution into the stomach through a tube through a surgically created opening

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("gastrogavage" is a kind of...):

forced feeding; gavage (feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat)

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