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peg 1. Informal a person's leg 2. Northern English dialect a tooth 3. Brit a small drink of wine or spirits, esp of brandy or whisky and soda 4. a mountaineering piton 5. Croquet a post that a player's ball must strike to win the game 6. Angling a fishing station allotted to an angler in a competition, marked by a peg in the ground peg [peg] (engineering) A small pointed or tapered piece, often cylindrical, used to pin down or fasten parts. A projection used to hang or support objects. (metallurgy) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) was created, through which the patient had received all his nutrition during the intervening 7 years. |5~ The Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) is an example of a temporary enterostomy procedure that can be performed on an outpatient basis in an endoscopy unit or ambulatory surgery with intravenous sedation and local anesthesia. PEG devices are percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy ("PEG") tubes, which are endoscopically inserted through the skin for feeding directly into a patient's stomach. |
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