nasogastric
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of nasogastric
Example Sentences
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"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
In her view, she told the jury, "air was injected into his nasogastric tube which subsequently caused his initial collapse".
From BBC ● Mar. 23, 2023
Doctors inserted a nasogastric tube and even considered surgery, but the obstruction was cleared on Tuesday.
From Reuters ● Jan. 5, 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
They won’t smell it, for a start, in a nasogastric tube or colonoscopy.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2020
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