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feeding tube

medical device used to provide nutrition to people
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feeding tube

Summary

feeding tube is a medical device[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of medical_device entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (413 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • feeding tube's instance of is recorded as medical device[3].
  • feeding tube is used for tubefeeding[4].
  • feeding tube's Commons category is recorded as Feeding tubes[5].
  • feeding tube's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[6].
  • feeding tube's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C91833[7].

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Designation and Status

feeding tube's instance of is recorded as medical device[3].

Why It Matters

feeding tube ranks in the top 4% of medical_device entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (413 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → medical device
    Described by source → Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 10262, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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