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nasogastric tube

noun

C1CEFR level
70/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

A tube passed through the nose into the stomach for feeding, giving medication, or draining stomach contents.

We passed a nasogastric tube and confirmed placement with a pH test before feeding.

Similar: NG tube, Ryle's tube

Topic: Nursing care in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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