nasoileal
English
Etymology
naso- + ileal = naso- + ileum + -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌneɪzoʊˈɪliəl/
Adjective
nasoileal (not comparable)
- (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: , 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.
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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