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nasogastric feeding

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Noun1.nasogastric feeding - feeding consisting of delivering liquid nutrients through a tube passing through the nose and into the stomach
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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Doctors inserted a nasogastric feeding tube and later a gastrostomy feeding tube (g-tube) to provide Rachel with the important nutrition she was unable to receive from a bottle.
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Doctors placed her on a nasogastric feeding tube so that she could receive nutrition.
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He has been at the hospital since December, currently breathing with the help of a ventilator (through his mouth and throat) and receiving nutrition through a nasogastric feeding tube.
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