gavage

Noun

ga=vage

WORDNET DICTIONARY

gavage(n = noun.act) forced feeding - feeding that consists of the delivery of a nutrient solution (as through a nasal tube) to someone who cannot or will not eat;

is a kind of alimentation, feeding

has particulars: nasogastric feeding, gastrogavage

gavage, 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.]