VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / gavage

Thesaurus: gavage

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

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

feedingdefinitiontubedefinitioncannotdefinitionconsistsdefinitiondeliverydefinitioneatdefinitionforceddefinitioninfantsdefinitionmeansdefinitionmouthdefinitionnasaldefinitionnutrientdefinitionpoultrydefinitionsolutiondefinitionsomeonedefinitionstomachdefinitionpasseddefinitionGaussian shapeneighborGaussiansneighborgaussmeterneighborGautamaneighborgauzeneighborgauze bandageneighborgauze-likeneighborgauzesneighborgauzinessneighborgauzyneighborgaveneighbor

Definitions

  1. n. feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat
  2. Forced feeding (as of poultry or infants) by means of a tube passed through the mouth down to the stomach.
  3. Forced feeding (as of poultry or infants) by means of a tubepassed through the mouth down to the stomach.
  4. n feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat