To perform a gastrostomy; to create a surgical opening from the stomach through the abdominal wall.
From 'gastrostomy' (a surgical procedure) + '-ize' (verb-forming suffix meaning to subject to or perform). The suffix '-ize' transforms the noun into an action verb describing the procedure.
When doctors gastrostomize a patient, they're usually doing a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)—using an endoscope as a guide to place a feeding tube directly into the stomach through the belly without major surgery.
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