Definition of "gavage" [‖Ga•vage]

• Introduction of nutritive material into the stomach by means of a tube. (noun)

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• "A foie gras liver balloons to six to 10 times the size of the organ in a normal duck or goose, and the reason it grows so fatty is a process known as gavage."
• "Although the force-feeding, known as gavage, isn't exactly a warm and fuzzy process, Caro witnesses it at several farms in the United States and France and comes away thinking that it isn't horrible."
• "They are brought in for the gavage, which is when they were shown on the video."