In nasogastric (NG) intubation, a tube is placed through your nose into your stomach. Your healthcare provider can use an NG tube to feed you and give you medicine. They can also apply suction to an NG tube to remove stomach contents.
Crayfish, also called crawfish or crawdad, any of numerous crustaceans (order Decapoda, phylum Arthropoda) constituting the families Astacidae (Northern Hemisphere), Parastacidae, and Austroastracidae (Southern Hemisphere). They are closely related to the lobster.
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com. noun, plural (especially collectively) crayfish (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) crayfishes. 1. Also called crawdad, crawdaddy. any freshwater decapod crustacean of the genera Astacus and Cambarus, closely related to but smaller than the lobsters. 2. any of several similar marine crustaceans, especially the spiny lobster.