nasogastric
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of nasogastric
Example Sentences
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On 17 January a nasogastric tube was inserted in a procedure to administer medication, food and fluids.
From BBC ● Jun. 1, 2024
"It's as plain as the nose on your face that Lucy Letby must have injected air down the nasogastric tube," he said.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2023
Doctors had inserted a nasogastric tube rightafter his hospitalization.
From Reuters ● Jan. 4, 2022
After arriving at the hospital at 3 a.m., he wrote, he was administered a nasogastric tube, which can be used to drain fluid from the stomach of a patient with an intestinal obstruction.
From New York Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
By then, she had been admitted to the Royal Manchester children’s hospital, where a nasogastric tube was fitted to give her nutrition.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 10, 2017
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