人じん工こう栄えい養よう

noun

bottle feeding; formula feeding

Specifically refers to feeding an infant with formula or expressed milk from a bottle, as opposed to direct breastfeeding (母乳栄養).

See also: 母乳栄養

• 母ぼ乳にゅうが出でないので、人じん工こう栄えい養ように切きり替かえた。

  Since I couldn't produce breast milk, I switched to bottle feeding.

noun

artificial nutrition; artificial feeding

Broader medical term for providing nutrients through non-natural means, such as tube feeding or intravenous nutrition, not limited to infants.

• 重じゅう篤とくな患かん者じゃには人じん工こう栄えい養ようが必ひつ要ようになることがある。

  Severely ill patients may require artificial nutrition.