feeding tube

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English - Turkish
(Askeri) tünel

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feed tube
(Tekstil) besleme borusu
feed tube
(Otomotiv) besleme hortumu
English - English
A feeding tube is a medical device used to provide nutrition to patients who cannot or refuse to (q.v. 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. Many patients treated using a feeding tube lack the ability to survive on their own without such technology

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tube feeding syndrome
A potentially fatal condition caused by a feeding regimen given through a tube that provides too little water and too much protein in the diet
tube feeding syndromes
plural form of tube feeding syndrome
Turkish - English

Definition of feeding tube in Turkish English dictionary

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Tube Feeding
(Tıp) Hortumla Beslenme.bkz: Enteral Nutrition
feeding tube

    Hyphenation

    feed·ing tube

    Turkish pronunciation

    fidîng tyub

    Pronunciation

    /ˈfēdəɴɢ ˈtyo͞ob/ /ˈfiːdɪŋ ˈtjuːb/
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