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Feeding Methods

Medical Definition:	Methods of giving food to humans or animals.
Guide Notes:	human & animal; GEN or unspecified; prefer specifics

Feeding Methods Categories.

	Bottle Feeding - Use of nursing bottles for feeding. Applies to humans and animals.
	Enteral Nutrition - Nutritional support given via the alimentary canal or any route connected to the gastrointestinal system (i.e., the enteral route). This includes oral feeding, sip feeding, and tube feeding using nasogastric, gastrostomy, and jejunostomy tubes.
	Parenteral Nutrition - The administering of nutrients for assimilation and utilization by a patient who cannot maintain adequate nutrition by enteral feeding alone. Nutrients are administered by a route other than the alimentary canal (e.g., intravenously, subcutaneously).

Feeding Methods Medical Definitions and Terms

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