NASOGASTRIC FEEDING

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Feeding consisting of delivering liquid nutrients through a tube passing through the nose and into the stomach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("nasogastric feeding" 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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