Gavage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Introduction of nutritive material into the stomach by means of a tube.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras
  • n. A process of force-feeding cattle for veal
  • n. Feeding by means of a tube passed into the stomach
  • v. To stuff or glut with something
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Forced feeding (as of poultry or infants) by means of a tube passed through the mouth down to the stomach.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A system of fattening poultry for market by forcing them to swallow fixed quantities of food at stated intervals.
  • n. In medicine, a similar method of forced feeding, employed under certain conditions.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    alimentation    feeding   
    Hyponym
    gastrogavage    nasogastric feeding   
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