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nasogastric

nasogastric adjective: pertaining both to the nose and to the stomach.

Adjective

nasogastric (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining both to the nose and to the stomach.
    1. (usually and more specifically) Pertaining to nasogastric intubation, wherein a tube is inserted through the nostril, past the throat, and into the stomach.

Synonyms of nasogastric

Origin of nasogastric

From naso- + gastric.

Questions about nasogastric

What does nasogastric mean?
Nasogastric means pertaining both to the nose and to the stomach.
What part of speech is nasogastric?
Nasogastric is an adjective.

Words near nasogastric in the dictionary

  1. nasofibroscopes
  2. nasofibroscopy
  3. nasofrontal
  4. nasogallbladder
  5. nasogastral
  6. nasogastric
  7. nasogastrically
  8. nasogenian
  9. nasohypophyseal
  10. nasohypophysial
  11. nasoileal

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