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interoceptive

interoceptive adjective: of or pertaining to interoception or an interoceptor.

Adjective

interoceptive (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to interoception or an interoceptor.
    • Atypical interoception has been observed in EDs (Khalsa & Lapidus, 2016), although findings are inconsistent. Several studies have found that reduced interoceptive attention is related to disordered eating (e.g., Fassino et al., 2004), although dietary restraint may be associated with...2025 February 14, Heather Westwood, Will Mandy, Rebecca Brewer, “The Relationship Between Interoception, Alexithymia, Autistic Traits and Eating Pathology in Autistic Adults”, in Journal of Autism...

Words formed from interoceptive

Questions about interoceptive

What does interoceptive mean?
Interoceptive means of or pertaining to interoception or an interoceptor.
What part of speech is interoceptive?
Interoceptive is an adjective.

Words near interoceptive in the dictionary

  1. interoccurrence
  2. interocean
  3. interoceanic
  4. interoception
  5. interoceptions
  6. interoceptive
  7. interoceptively
  8. interoceptivity
  9. interoceptor
  10. interoceptors
  11. interoctahedral

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