a medical device used to provide nutrition to patients who cannot do so via the normal oral route

an artificial means of nutrition

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a small, soft, plastic tube placed through the nose (NG) or mouth (OG) into the stomach

a small tube placed through a nostril that descends into the stomach or duodenum (small intestine)

A feeding tube is a plastic or rubber tube to give food and water to someone who cannot eat or drink. A feeding tube can be put in through the nose (nasogastric) or the stomach wall (PEG tube).

Small plastic catheter that goes into the nose to the stomach or intestine to give liquid food when the patient is unable to eat or drink.

Small tube inserted through the nose or mouth into the stomach to give patients liquid food.

A tube made of soft plastic used for feeding children who are not able to get enough nutrition through regular feeding or eating.

A feeding tube is a medical device used to provide nutrition to patients who cannot or refuse to (cf. hunger strike) obtain nutrition by swallowing. The state of being fed by a feeding tube is called enteral feeding or tube feeding. Placement may be temporary for the treatment of acute conditions or lifelong in the case of chronic disabilities.