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.
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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
There’s 17-year-old Abby, an aspiring storyboard artist acclimating to a new feeding tube after missing much of their senior year in high school because of medical issues.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
Weighing about 17 lbs., Hallie still has a feeding tube but is learning to eat purees and will eventually eat by mouth.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
In March 2005, a federal judge declined the Schindlers’ petition to reinsert Terri’s feeding tube.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Following their arrests, it was revealed that Dee Dee had lied for years about her daughter having a host of serious medical conditions, including leukemia and muscular dystrophy, which required her to utilize a wheelchair and feeding tube when Gypsy was actually physically healthy.
—EW.com, 28 Dec. 2023
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
There’s 17-year-old Abby, an aspiring storyboard artist acclimating to a new feeding tube after missing much of their senior year in high school because of medical issues.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2024
Weighing about 17 lbs., Hallie still has a feeding tube but is learning to eat purees and will eventually eat by mouth.
—Wendy Grossman Kantor, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
In March 2005, a federal judge declined the Schindlers’ petition to reinsert Terri’s feeding tube.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
Following their arrests, it was revealed that Dee Dee had lied for years about her daughter having a host of serious medical conditions, including leukemia and muscular dystrophy, which required her to utilize a wheelchair and feeding tube when Gypsy was actually physically healthy.
—EW.com, 28 Dec. 2023
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