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gavage

[guh-vahzh; French ga-vazh]
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noun
  1. forced feeding, as by a flexible tube and a force pump.
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Origin of gavage

1885–90; < French, equivalent to gav(er) to stuff (Old French (dial.) gave gullet, throat) + -age -age
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British Dictionary definitions for gavage

gavage

noun
  1. forced feeding by means of a tube inserted into the stomach through the mouth
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Word Origin

C19: from French, from gaver, from Old French (dialect) gave throat
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Word Origin and History for gavage

n.

1889, from French gavage, from gaver "to stuff" (17c.; see gavotte).

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gavage in Medicine

gavage

(gə-väzh′)
n.
  1. The introduction of nutritive material into the stomach by means of a tube.gastrogavage
  2. The therapeutic use of a high-potency diet.
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