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Meanings of gavage in English

Portuguese
alimentação forçada

Feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat.

        alimentação forçada

        The practice of feeding a person or an animal against their will, especially by mechanical means.

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              Examples for "force-feeding"
              Examples for "force-feeding"
              1
              Only once was one of the girls bitten when she attempted force-feeding.
              Growing Nuts in the North / A Personal Story of the Author's Exp...
              2
              The producers argue force-feeding is reversible and does not make them sick.
              The Guardian
              3
              Keeping someone from death by force-feeding them is disgusting and barely ethical.
              Reuters
              4
              Animal rights groups contend that the force-feeding process is painful, gruesome and inhumane.
              Reuters
              5
              The force-feeding itself, however, is not part of the tour.
              The Guardian
              Usage of gavage in English
              1
              All mice were administered orally by gavage daily for 7 continuous days.
              Pubmed
              2
              Methods: Newborn rats received daily by gavage either L. fermentum or water.
              Pubmed
              3
              Boissière is happy to talk in detail about the gavage.
              The Guardian
              4
              The administration of EKB-569 by gavage was less effective probably because of lower bioavailability.
              Pubmed
              5
              Continuous gavage administration was given for 30 days, the water-drinking volume and food-intake were recorded.
              Pubmed
              6
              All animals were administered once daily by gavage with the corresponding drug or distilled water.
              Pubmed
              7
              Based on responses in this study, gavage is an appropriate substitute for longer feeding studies.
              Pubmed
              8
              Test agents or vehicle were then administered for 3 weeks, twice daily through orogastric gavage.
              Pubmed
              9
              All treatments were performed by gavage and administered once a day on four consecutive days.
              Pubmed
              10
              Micronutrients consumption was equalized between groups by oral gavage.
              Pubmed
              11
              A mouse gavage model was performed to evaluate bone marrow MSCs for flow cytometry assay.
              Pubmed
              12
              One day prior to modeling, the rats received gavage.
              Pubmed
              13
              Feeding transition using the gavage-to-exclusive oral feeding technique is recommended for Speech-language Pathology practice in Neonatology.
              Pubmed
              14
              Additionally, ad libitum feeding prior to cholesterol gavage accentuates the absorption rate differences compared with fasting.
              Pubmed
              15
              HF gavage alone elicited increases in circulating lipids characteristic of postprandial responses to a HF meal.
              Pubmed
              16
              Restricted water availability was found to be a viable alternative to daily gavage for single-dose bolus administration.
              Pubmed
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              Gavage through the time