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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 eat
Familiarity information: GAVAGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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