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intermeal

intermeal adjective: between meals.

Adjective

intermeal (not comparable)

  1. Between meals.
    • The meal pattern up to 12 h (mostly dark phase) after surgery still showed a significant reduction of feeding bouts, time spent on meals, and meal frequency, duration and size by 27%, 88%, 77%, 73% and 87%, respectively, and the intermeal interval (IMI) tend ^([sic]) to be prolonged and the satiety...2015 October 1, “Patterns of Brain Activation and Meal Reduction Induced by Abdominal Surgery in Mice and Modulation by Rikkunshito”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of intermeal

From inter- + meal.

Questions about intermeal

What does intermeal mean?
Intermeal means between meals.
What part of speech is intermeal?
Intermeal is an adjective.

Words near intermeal in the dictionary

  1. intermaxillae
  2. intermaxillar
  3. intermaxillaries
  4. intermaxillary
  5. intermaze
  6. intermeal
  7. intermean
  8. intermeans
  9. intermeasurable
  10. intermeasurement
  11. intermeasurer

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