FICTICIOUS MEAL
\fɪktˈɪʃəs mˈiːl], \fɪktˈɪʃəs mˈiːl], \f_ɪ_k_t_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_s m_ˈiː_l]\
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The name given to the meal taken by a dog with a fistula, or two fistulas, in the esophagus. The food is chewed and swallowed, but does not enter the stomach, escaping through the fistula. It causes an active secretion of gastric juice, however, known as nervous or psychical secretion.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
