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NASOGASTRIC FEEDING

Dictionary entry overview: What does nasogastric feeding mean?

• NASOGASTRIC FEEDING (noun)
The noun NASOGASTRIC FEEDING has 1 sense:

1. feeding consisting of delivering liquid nutrients through a tube passing through the nose and into the stomach

Familiarity information: NASOGASTRIC FEEDING used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• NASOGASTRIC FEEDING (noun)

Sense 1

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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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