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gastric feeding

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gastric feeding
n.
The administration of food directly into the stomach by a tube inserted either through the nasopharynx and esophagus or directly through the abdominal wall.
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But Bradley persevered, and two days later doctors inserted a feeding tube though her nose and started talking to Tina and Jeff about long-term options--including a permanent gastric feeding tube, which would require a medical procedure to insert it directly into Bradley's stomach.
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