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feeding tube

feeding tube noun: a device used to feed people who cannot eat or swallow, normally in the form of a tube passed through the nose or straight into the abdomen.

feeding tube: a device used to feed people who cannot eat or swallow, normally in the form of a tube passed...
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Noun

feeding tube (plural feeding tubes)

  1. a device used to feed people who cannot eat or swallow, normally in the form of a tube passed through the nose or straight into the abdomen.

feeding tube meaning in Tamil

feeding tube in Tamil

பாலூட்டுங்குழல், ஊட்டல் வகைகள்

Forms of feeding tube

pluralfeeding tubes

Questions about feeding tube

What does feeding tube mean?
Feeding tube means a device used to feed people who cannot eat or swallow, normally in the form of a tube passed through the nose or straight into the abdomen.
What is feeding tube in Tamil?
Feeding tube in Tamil is பாலூட்டுங்குழல், ஊட்டல் வகைகள். See Feeding tube meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is feeding tube?
Feeding tube is a noun.
What is the plural of feeding tube?
The plural of feeding tube is feeding tubes.

Words near feeding tube in the dictionary

  1. feeding stuffs
  2. feeding the dragon
  3. feeding the fire
  4. feeding the meter
  5. feeding through
  6. feeding tube
  7. feeding tubes
  8. feeding two birds with one scone
  9. feeding up
  10. feedings
  11. feedingstuff

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Adapted from Wiktionary: feeding tube (page history and authors); feeding tube (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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