| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| gavage |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ga·vage |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  g -väzh |
| NOUN: | Introduction of nutritive material into the stomach by means of a tube. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from gaver, to force down the throat, ultimately from Old French gave, throat, from Vulgar Latin *gaba.
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