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Gavage Moderate

Origin: French suffix -age

Gavage has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

A process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras

Verb
1

To stuff or glut with something

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
feeding
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
nasogastric feeding gastrogavage
Rhyming Words
age sage tage rage wage aage mage yage lage cage gage page nage kage swage adage plage brage phage stage
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