Satiety

  • 71Heraclitus — Catherine Osborne No philosopher before Socrates can have had such a profound influence on so many generations of subsequent thinkers as Heraclitus. Nor can any thinker, probably in the whole history of philosophy, have inspired such a wide range …

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  • 72acoria — n. absence of the pupil. * * * aco·ria (ə korґe ə) [a 1 + Gr. koros satiety + ia] a form of polyphagia due to loss of the sensation of satiety, a condition in which patients never feel that they have eaten enough …

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  • 73hyperkoria — hy·per·ko·ria (hi″pər korґe ə) [hyper + Gr. koros satiety + ia ] an early sense of satiety …

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  • 74thermostat theory — a theory which suggests that the feeding and satiety centers of the brain, like the thermoregulatory centers, are sensitive to body temperature; a decrease in body temperature activates the feeding center and depresses the satiety center, whereas …

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  • 75glut — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. stuff, cram, choke, pack, jam. n. surplus, surfeit, plethora, saturation, satiety, redundance. See sufficiency. Ant., dearth. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. oversupply, overabundance, excess; see excess 1 .… …

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  • 76hunger — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. desire, craving; famine, hungriness, emptiness; appetite, voracity, greed. v. i. desire, crave, yearn; famish, starve. See gluttony. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. craving, longing, yearning, mania,… …

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  • 77repletion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. surfeit, satiety, over fullness, glut, engorgement. See sufficiency. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition of being full to or beyond satisfaction: engorgement, satiation, satiety, surfeit. See …

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  • 78Sufficiency — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Sufficiency >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 sufficiency sufficiency adequacy enough withal quantum sufficit satisfaction competence Sgm: N 1 no less no less GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 mediocrity medio …

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  • 79Weariness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Weariness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 weariness weariness defatigation| Sgm: N 1 lassitude lassitude &c.(fatigue) 688 Sgm: N 1 drowsiness drowsiness &c. 683 GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 disgust disgust …

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  • 80satiated — adj. filled to satiety, saturated, gratified, glutted sa·ti·ate || seɪʃɪeɪt v. fully satisfy a desire or appetite; gorge, overfill, glut, sate adj. filled to satiety, saturated, gratified, glutted …

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