feeding tube
noun
: a flexible tube passed into the stomach for introducing fluids and liquid food into the stomach
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Now, more than a year after her diagnosis, Barber still can’t eat normally and gets some nourishment through a feeding tube.
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Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
Liquids are ideal for people with trouble swallowing or using a feeding tube but may be more expensive.
—Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2024
James had to eat through a feeding tube, breathe through a trach tube and learn to walk again.
—Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
Freddie arrived at the hospital at about 10 p.m., his youngest son hooked up to a ventilator and feeding tube.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
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Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
Liquids are ideal for people with trouble swallowing or using a feeding tube but may be more expensive.
—Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2024
James had to eat through a feeding tube, breathe through a trach tube and learn to walk again.
—Eileen Finan, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
Freddie arrived at the hospital at about 10 p.m., his youngest son hooked up to a ventilator and feeding tube.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2024
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“Feeding tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feeding%20tube. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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