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gavage /ga·vage/ (gah-vahzh´) [Fr.]
1. forced feeding, especially through a tube passed into the stomach.

ga·vage (g-väzh)
n.
1. The introduction of nutritive material into the stomach by means of a tube. Also called gastrogavage.
2. The therapeutic use of a high-potency diet.

gavage
[Fr.]
1. forced feeding or irrigation through a tube passed into the stomach. See also tube feeding, gastric lavage.
2. superalimentation.

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The injection route also provides distinct advantages over oral gavage because it avoids the potential confounds of differential rates of gastrointestinal absorption between compounds or ages and first-pass effects on bioavailability.
One of these groups received the normal chow (no-treatment group), another received this chow containing 100 ppm monensin (monensin group), a third group received normal chow and DMSA administered by oral garage (DMSA group), and a final group received the chow containing monensin and DMSA delivered by oral gavage (monensin plus DMSA group).
Gavage feeding reinforced the impression that he was not healthy, and "practice sucking" on a rubber nipple caused nipple confusion.
 
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