gavage

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The reasons usually just boil down to the gavage, which is the force feeding.

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  1. noun Introduction of nutritive material into the stomach by means of a tube.

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  1. French, from gaver, to force down the throat, ultimately from Old French gave, throat, from Vulgar Latin *gaba.

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  1. French, from gaver, gorge fowls, pigeons, etc., with food in order to fatten them, from gave, in popular speech the crop or craw of a bird, from Picard gave, throat, Walloon gaf, crop or craw.
 

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