nasoduodenal
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌneɪzoʊduəˈdiːnəl/, /ˌneɪzoʊduˈɒdənəl/
Adjective
editnasoduodenal (not comparable)
- (medicine) Of or pertaining to a route through the nose into the duodenum, usually with reference to a feeding tube as the route of administration of enteral nutrition.
- 2015 September 10, “Paracetamol as a Post Prandial Marker for Gastric Emptying, A Food-Drug Interaction on Absorption”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Initially 17 subjects were enrolled in the study, but 5 subjects dropped out due to discomfort related to the nasoduodenal tube.
See also
edit- nasoenteral, through the nose into the small intestine (hypernymous to nasoduodenal, nasojejunal, and nasoileal)
- nasojejunal, through the nose into the jejunum
- nasoileal, through the nose into the ileum
- nasogastric, through the nose into the stomach