nasoduodenal

English

Etymology

naso- +‎ duodenal

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌneɪzoʊduəˈdiːnəl/, /ˌneɪzoʊduˈɒdənəl/

Adjective

nasoduodenal (not comparable)

1. (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], →DOI:

     Initially 17 subjects were enrolled in the study, but 5 subjects dropped out due to discomfort related to the nasoduodenal tube.

See also

• 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