feeding tube
noun
: a flexible tube passed into the stomach for introducing fluids and liquid food into the stomach
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James had to eat through a feeding tube, breathe through a trach tube and learn to walk again.
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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
Her doctors placed her on a feeding tube, and she was diagnosed with gastroparesis, a condition associated with GLP-1 drugs, according to a 2024 study of nearly 300,000 patients.
—Nina Baker, The Courier-Journal, 23 July 2024
One was an 80-year-old grandmother; another, a 12-year-old girl who is bedridden and dependent on oxygen and a feeding tube.
—Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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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
Her doctors placed her on a feeding tube, and she was diagnosed with gastroparesis, a condition associated with GLP-1 drugs, according to a 2024 study of nearly 300,000 patients.
—Nina Baker, The Courier-Journal, 23 July 2024
One was an 80-year-old grandmother; another, a 12-year-old girl who is bedridden and dependent on oxygen and a feeding tube.
—Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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“Feeding tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feeding%20tube. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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