Gavage
Force-feeding is the practice of feeding a human or other animal against their will. The term “gavage” ( ) refers to the supplying of a nutritional substance by means of a small plastic feeding tube passed through the nose (nasogastric) or mouth (orogastric) into the stomach. In hospitals, some psychiatric patients can also be restrained so that sedatives can be injected into them; this happens if patients have been non-compliant with their instructions.
Lavage
In medicine, therapeutic irrigation or lavage ( lÉ™-VAHZH or LAV-ij) is cleaning or rinsing.
Specific types include:
Antiseptic lavage
Bronchoalveolar lavage
Gastric lavage
Peritoneal lavage
Arthroscopic lavage
Ductal lavage
Nasal irrigation
Ear lavage
Pulsed lavage is delivering an irrigant (usually normal saline) under direct pressure that is produced by an electrically powered device, and is useful in cleaning e.g. chronic wounds.
Gavage (noun)
A process of force-feeding a goose for foie gras
Gavage (noun)
A process of force-feeding cattle for veal
Gavage (noun)
Feeding by means of a tube passed into the stomach
Gavage (verb)
To stuff or glut with something
Lavage (noun)
A washing.
Lavage (noun)
A washing of a hollow organ.
Lavage (verb)
To wash a hollow organ
Gavage (noun)
the administration of food or drugs by force, especially to an animal, typically through a tube leading down the throat to the stomach.
Lavage (noun)
washing out of a body cavity, such as the colon or stomach, with water or a medicated solution.