feeding tube
noun
: a flexible tube passed into the stomach for introducing fluids and liquid food into the stomach
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He’s also had surgeries for a port and feeding tube.
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Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
He was rushed to the center for medical attention, where personnel cleaned his wounds and gave him nutrients through a feeding tube filled with formula and electrolytes, rescuers said.
—Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
Energy replacement: Calories are slowly added through food and/or nutrition given in an IV or a feeding tube.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 11 Oct. 2024
His doctor at the ALS clinic recommended a feeding tube, but Richard refused, unwilling to risk recovery time.
—Wash Westmoreland, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
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Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Feb. 2025
He was rushed to the center for medical attention, where personnel cleaned his wounds and gave him nutrients through a feeding tube filled with formula and electrolytes, rescuers said.
—Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2025
Energy replacement: Calories are slowly added through food and/or nutrition given in an IV or a feeding tube.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 11 Oct. 2024
His doctor at the ALS clinic recommended a feeding tube, but Richard refused, unwilling to risk recovery time.
—Wash Westmoreland, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for feeding tube
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“Feeding tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feeding%20tube. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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