gavage
pronunciation
How to pronounce gavage in British English:
UK [gə'vɑ:ʒ]
How to pronounce gavage in American English:
US [gə'vɑʒ]
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- Noun:
- feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat
Word Origin
- gavage (n.)
- "force-feeding of poultry for market," 1889, from French gavage, from gaver "to stuff" (17c.; see gavotte).
Example
- 1. Model establishment of fatty liver with fat emulsion by gavage in m ice .
- 2. A study of urinary system damage induced by gavage of melamine and cyanuric acid in rat .
- 3. Applies to drunk unconscious : vicia seedlings amount of fuel , salt making soup , gavage .
- 4. Methods the milk volume , morphology of mammary gland , serum prolactin level and pituitary acidophil number in lactation rats and the growth improvement in suckling mice were observed after administrating various dosages of maidang rutong granules to lactation rats by gastric gavage .
- 5. Analysis of the causes of gastrostomy gavage complication and nursing countermeasures .