feeding tube
nounDefinition of feeding tube
: a flexible tube passed into the stomach for introducing fluids and liquid food into the stomach
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With the blender running at the highest speed, drizzle the olive oil through the feed tube until emulsified. — Joe Yonan, Twin Cities, "This pantry-friendly white gazpacho deserves to be as famous as its red cousin," 1 Aug. 2019 With the blender running at the highest speed, drizzle the olive oil through the feed tube until emulsified. — Joe Yonan, Twin Cities, "This pantry-friendly white gazpacho deserves to be as famous as its red cousin," 1 Aug. 2019 With the blender running at the highest speed, drizzle the olive oil through the feed tube until emulsified. — Joe Yonan, Twin Cities, "This pantry-friendly white gazpacho deserves to be as famous as its red cousin," 1 Aug. 2019 With the blender running at the highest speed, drizzle the olive oil through the feed tube until emulsified. — Joe Yonan, The Denver Post, "This elegant, pantry-friendly white gazpacho deserves to be as famous as its red cousin," 31 July 2019 The approval covered most types of the disease, from the most severe and most common type 1 cases, which causes infants to die or be tethered to respirators and feeding tubes, to type 3, which impairs walking. — Christopher Rowland, Washington Post, "High fives and sobs greet UnitedHealthcare’s reversal of denials for child gene therapy," 18 July 2019 With the machine running, add the olive oil through the feed tube in a very thin stream. — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, "Recipe: Open a can of white beans, add harissa and olive oil, and puree. You’ll look brilliant.," 8 July 2019 Many of the residents were attached to ventilators and feeding tubes, but able to respond with smiles, eye contact and in some cases, a handshake. — Stephanie Innes, azcentral, "A look inside the walls of embattled Hacienda HealthCare," 12 July 2019 Maggots were allowed to develop around a patient’s feeding tube. — Michael Kosnar, NBC News, "Hundreds of hospice centers in U.S. get failing grades," 9 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'feeding tube.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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