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feeding tube
noun
: a flexible tube passed into the stomach for introducing fluids and liquid food into the stomach
Examples of feeding tube in a Sentence
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Sun lives with sensory problems, leg and foot pain, and eating challenges that required a feeding tube during infancy.
—TIME, 16 May 2024
The authorities force-fed her through a feeding tube, her lawyers said.
—Vivian Wang, New York Times, 13 May 2024
Every 7 days one of them enters a coma, kept alive through a feeding tube, while the other roams free.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The feeding tube came out of her nose the day before.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1882, in the meaning defined above
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“Feeding tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feeding%20tube. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
Medical Definition
feeding tube
noun
: a flexible tube (as of polyurethane or silicone) passed into the stomach (as by way of the nasal passages or through a surgical opening in the abdominal wall) for introducing fluids and liquid food into the stomach
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