経けい管かん

noun

feeding tube; tube feeding

Medical term for a tube used to deliver nutrition directly into the stomach or intestine; often used in contexts like 経管栄養 (tube feeding).

• 経けい管かん栄えい養ようは、口くちから食しょく事じが取とれない患かん者じゃに行おこなわれる。

  Tube feeding is performed for patients who cannot eat by mouth.

• 経けい管かんの挿そう入にゅうには医い師しの指し示じが必ひつ要ようだ。

  Insertion of a feeding tube requires a doctor's order.