gavage
/ɡəˈvɑʒ/
noun
- The process of feeding a person or animal by forcing liquid food through a tube into the stomach, especially for medical or agricultural purposes.
- The doctor recommended gavage for the patient who could not swallow after surgery.
- In foie gras production, ducks undergo gavage to enlarge their livers.
- The veterinarian used gavage to provide nutrients to the dehydrated puppy.
verb
- To feed someone or something by forcing liquid food through a tube into the stomach.
- Farmers sometimes gavage geese to produce foie gras.
- They learned how to gavage a sick cat using a syringe and feeding tube.
- The nurse had to gavage the premature infant every two hours.