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hypophagia

hypophagia noun: undereating.

Noun

hypophagia (uncountable)

  1. undereating
    • Supporting the glucostatic hypothesis, in vivo studies have demonstrated destroying selected hypothalamic nuclei or regions, including the VMH, induces hyperphagia and obesity, while the ablation of the LHA, leads to hypophagia and loss of bodyweight.2015 June 17, Roberto Elizondo-Vega et al., “The role of tanycytes in hypothalamic glucosensing”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 19, →DOI

Origin of hypophagia

From hypo- + -phagia.

Questions about hypophagia

What does hypophagia mean?
Hypophagia means undereating.
What part of speech is hypophagia?
Hypophagia is a noun.

Words near hypophagia in the dictionary

  1. hypopericyst
  2. hypopericysts
  3. hypoperistalsis
  4. hypoperistaltic
  5. hypopermeability
  6. hypophagia
  7. hypophagic
  8. hypophalangia
  9. hypophalangial
  10. hypophalangy
  11. hypopharyngeal

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