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GAVAGE

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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 ("gavage" is a kind of...):

alimentation; feeding (the act of supplying food and nourishment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gavage"):

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb gavage

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