nasoileal

nasoileal

English

Etymology

naso- +‎ ileal = naso- +‎ ileum +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌneɪzoʊˈɪliəl/

Adjective

nasoileal (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Of or pertaining to a route through the nose into the ileum, usually with reference to a feeding tube as the route of administration of enteral nutrition.
   • 2012, “The effect of lipid droplet size on satiety and peptide secretion is intestinal site–specific”, in Clinical Nutrition, volume 31, number 4, DOI:10.1016/j.clnu.2011.12.003, PMID 22217980, pages 535-542:

     In a randomized single-blind crossover study 15 healthy volunteers received, after intubation with a nasoileal tube, 4 different treatments on 4 consecutive days.

Related terms

• nasoenteral, through the nose into the small intestine (hypernymous to nasoduodenal, nasojejunal, and nasoileal)
  • nasoduodenal, through the nose into the duodenum
  • nasojejunal, through the nose into the jejunum
• nasogastric, through the nose into the stomach