gastrostomy
Americannoun
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gastrostomies
plural
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the construction of an artificial opening from the stomach through the abdominal wall, permitting intake of food or drainage of gastric contents.
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the opening so constructed.
noun
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Before openings for gastrostomy bags went on the market, Peterson cut her own.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
"At that point she could do most things other children could do. Now she's fully hoisted, she lost her eyesight, she's gastrostomy fed."
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2022
Soon, her mother says, she’ll be buying new adaptive tops to accommodate the gastrostomy tube that is being placed in her stomach for supplemental feeding.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2021
My husband and I learned to give emergency shots, feed our daughter through a gastrostomy tube and administer more than a handful of medications four times a day after running around town to four pharmacies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2020
In some cases the difficulty of feeding the patient may make it necessary to perform gastrostomy.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
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