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GAVAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gavage mean? 

GAVAGE (noun)
  The noun GAVAGE has 1 sense:

1. feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eatplay

  Familiarity information: GAVAGE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GAVAGE (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

forced feeding; gavage

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)


 Context examples 


Gavage may be added to what a person is able to eat and drink, or it may be the only source of nutrition.

(Gavage, NCI Dictionary)

Administration of a drug within the stomach, e.g. via gavage or via gastrostomy.

(Intragastric Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)



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