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gavage
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gavage has 1 sense
- gavage(n = noun.act) forced feeding - feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat; Array is a kind of alimentation, feeding
has particulars: nasogastric feeding, gastrogavage
CIDE DICTIONARY
gavage, n. [F., fr. gaver to gorge.].
Forced feeding (as of poultry or infants) by means of a tube passed through the mouth down to the stomach. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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