gavage

(gə-väzh')
n.
Introduction of nutritive material into the stomach by means of a tube.

[French, from gaver, to force down the throat, ultimately from Old French gave, throat, from Vulgar Latin *gaba.]

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The process of feeding liquids by tube directly into the stomach.

[F.]  /ga VAZH/  introduction of material into the stomach by a tube: forced-feeding (as of poultry or infants)

IN BRIEF: n. - Feeding a nutrient solution into the stomach through a tube through a surgically created opening.

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the administration of food or other material in liquid formthrough a tube directly into the stomach; forced feeding in this manner.

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[Fr.]
1. forced feeding or irrigation through a tube passed into the stomach. See also tube feeding, gastric lavage.
2. superalimentation.