feeding tube
noun
: a flexible tube passed into the stomach for introducing fluids and liquid food into the stomach
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The feeding tube came out of her nose the day before.
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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
Gideon was born with a heart defect and uses a ventilator and a feeding tube, requiring round-the-clock care.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
Blanchard’s mother had led both her daughter and the world to believe that Blanchard was ill and disabled growing up: afflicted with leukemia and muscular dystrophy, and in need of a wheelchair and a feeding tube.
—Vlad Velicu, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2024
Suncoast also happens to be where Terri Schiavo, a woman who in real life had been in a coma for 15 years, is, while a media circus happens outside with protests over the removal of her feeding tube by her husband.
—The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2024
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
Gideon was born with a heart defect and uses a ventilator and a feeding tube, requiring round-the-clock care.
—Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
Blanchard’s mother had led both her daughter and the world to believe that Blanchard was ill and disabled growing up: afflicted with leukemia and muscular dystrophy, and in need of a wheelchair and a feeding tube.
—Vlad Velicu, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2024
Suncoast also happens to be where Terri Schiavo, a woman who in real life had been in a coma for 15 years, is, while a media circus happens outside with protests over the removal of her feeding tube by her husband.
—The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2024
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“Feeding tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feeding%20tube. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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