Gavage

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gavage \Ga`vage"\ (g[.a]`v[.a]zh"), n. [F., fr. gaver to gorge.]
     Forced feeding (as of poultry or infants) by means of a tube
     passed through the mouth down to the stomach.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  gavage
       n : feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution
           (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will
           not eat [syn: {forced feeding}]