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Meaning of "hyperphagia" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HYPERPHAGIA

hyperphagia  [ˌhaɪpəˈfeɪdʒɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HYPERPHAGIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hyperphagia is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HYPERPHAGIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Polyphagia

Polyphagia or hyperphagia refers to excessive hunger or increased appetite. It derives from the Greek words πολύς which means "very much" or "many", and φαγῶ meaning "eating" or "devouring".

Definition of hyperphagia in the English dictionary

The definition of hyperphagia in the dictionary is compulsive overeating over a prolonged period.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HYPERPHAGIA


Aegir
ˈiːdʒɪə
aerophagia
ˌɛərəˈfeɪdʒɪə
aphagia
əˈfeɪdʒɪə
apologia
ˌæpəˈləʊdʒɪə
cambogia
kæmˈbəʊdʒɪə
Cantabrigia
ˌkæntəˈbrɪdʒɪə
contagia
kənˈteɪdʒɪə
dysphagia
dɪsˈfeɪdʒɪə
fibromyalgia
ˌfaɪbrəʊmaɪˈældʒɪə
menorrhagia
ˌmɛnɔːˈreɪdʒɪə
metrorrhagia
ˌmiːtrɔːˈreɪdʒɪə
myalgia
maɪˈældʒɪə
omophagia
ˌəʊməˈfeɪdʒɪə
patagia
pəˈteɪdʒɪə
Phrygia
ˈfrɪdʒɪə
rhinorrhagia
ˌraɪnəʊˈreɪdʒɪə
squidgier
ˈskwɪdʒɪə
steatopygia
ˌstɪətəʊˈpɪdʒɪə
Tangier
tænˈdʒɪə
vigia
ˈvɪdʒɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HYPERPHAGIA

hyperparasite
hyperparasitic
hyperparasitism
hyperphagic
hyperphrygian
hyperphysical
hyperpigmented
hyperpituitarism
hyperpituitary
hyperplane
hyperplasia
hyperplastic
hyperploid
hyperploidy
hyperpnea
hyperpneic
hyperpnoea
hyperpolarise
hyperpolarize
hyperpower

WORDS THAT END LIKE HYPERPHAGIA

aqua regia
Borgia
diplegia
eulogia
Foggia
geophagia
Georgia
gorgia
loggia
logia
neuralgia
New Georgia
nostalgia
otalgia
Perugia
polyphagia
refugia
South Georgia
thunbergia
Thuringia

Synonyms and antonyms of hyperphagia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «hyperphagia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HYPERPHAGIA

Find out the translation of hyperphagia to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hyperphagia from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hyperphagia» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

贪食
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hiperfagia
570 millions of speakers

English

hyperphagia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

hyperphagia
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فرط الأكل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гиперфагия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hiperfagia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hyperphagia
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hyperphagie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hyperphagia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hyperphagie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

過食症
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

과식증
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hyperphagia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hyperphagia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புறமான தொடர்ந்த பசி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हायपरफॅगिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hiperfaji
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

iperfagia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

żarłoczność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гиперфагия
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

hiperfagie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπερφαγία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

hyperphagia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hyperfagi
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hyperphagia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hyperphagia

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPERPHAGIA»

The term «hyperphagia» is regularly used and occupies the 101.970 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HYPERPHAGIA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hyperphagia

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPERPHAGIA»

Discover the use of hyperphagia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hyperphagia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Brain Injury and Mental Retardation: Psychopharmacology and ...
Eating Disorders in Mental Retardation and Brain Injury Prader-Willi Syndrome Genetics and Pathophysiology Hyperphagia in Prader-Willi Syndrome Neuropharmacology Organic Hyperphagia Bulimia Nervosa Drug-Induced Obesity ...
C. Thomas Gualtieri, 2002
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Medical Issues And The Eating Disorders: The Interface
Pick's disease, a dementing illness characterized by frontal and temporal atrophy , may feature hyperphagia as a relatively early symptom; the excess eating may imply damage to either frontal or temporal lobes, the latter often presenting with ...
Allan S. Kaplan, Paul E. Garfinkel, 2013
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Modern Nutrition in Health and Disease
How does a genetic mutation express a behavioral phe- notype such as hyperphagia? The frequent answer is that mutation of gene x causes hyperphagia. This assumes that the relationship between gene and behavior is linear, even ...
Maurice Edward Shils, Moshe Shike, 2006
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Control of Bird Migration
2.9.1 Hyperphagia Although many details of nutritive and assimilation strategies related to migratory fattening are not well understood, hyperphagia generally appears to be the most important (Berthold, 1975; Blem, 1980; Bruns and Ten ...
P. Berthold, 1996
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Clinical Biochemistry: Metabolic and Clinical Aspects
There also appears to be a correlation between the degree of hyperphagia and the extent of MC4R signal impairment. Syndromic forms of obesity More than 20 rare syndromes characterized by obesity and caused by discrete chromosomal ...
William J. Marshall, William J. Marshall (Ph. D.), S. K. Bangert, 2008
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Obesity: Genomics and Postgenomics
Injected leptin replacement in three of these children produced normalization of hyperphagia without demonstrable effects on basal metabolic rate or free living energy 160 Chung and Leibel. Murine Murine Human Human Gene mutation ...
Karine Clement, Thorkild I. A. Sorensen, 2007
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Feeding Behavior: Neural and Humoral Controls
While mixed results have been obtained concerning the relationship between MH hyperphagia and positive finickiness, there is little doubt that negative finickiness can occur in the absence of hyperphagia. The most extreme case of this latter ...
Robert Ritter, 1986
8
Trends in Obesity Research
Hyperphagia Hyperphagia can be a presenting symptom in patients with hypothalamic tumors [39]. It is also well-recognised that marked hyperphagia with obsessive food-seeking behaviour may occur after surgical treatment for ...
Peter R. Ling, 2005
9
The Right Bite
POSTSTARVATION HYPERPHAGIA After you've spent a number of weeks on a diet with insufficient calories, you are going to discover a little demon within you. That demon comes in the form of biochemical changes in your body that scream  ...
Stephanie Dalvit-McPhillips
10
Preoperative Events: Their Effects on Behavior Following ...
When VMH lesions (electrolytic anodal) are produced in these obese rats, no hyperphagia is observed. The magnitude of hyperphagia and weight gain depends on prelesioned weight levels of these rats; the greater the prelesion body weight, ...
Jay Schulkin, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HYPERPHAGIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hyperphagia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Short Interest Update of Zafgen, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZFGN)
PWS is a rare and complex genetic disorder characterized by physiologic, cognitive and behavioral symptoms, including hyperphagia and ... «American Trade Journal, Jul 15»
2
Company Shares of Zafgen, Inc. Rally 2.89%
PWS is a rare and complex genetic disorder characterized by physiologic, cognitive and behavioral symptoms, including hyperphagia and ... «American Trade Journal, Jul 15»
3
Shares of Zafgen, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZFGN) Sees Large Inflow of Net …
PWS is a rare and complex genetic disorder characterized by physiologic, cognitive and behavioral symptoms, including hyperphagia and ... «American Trade Journal, Jul 15»
4
Analyst Price Target Update on Zafgen, Inc.
PWS is a rare and complex genetic disorder characterized by physiologic, cognitive and behavioral symptoms, including hyperphagia and ... «The Daily Rover, Jul 15»
5
Zafgen Given Consensus Rating of "Buy" by Brokerages (NASDAQ …
PWS is a rare and complex genetic disorder characterized by physiologic, cognitive and behavioral symptoms, including hyperphagia and ... «WKRB News, Jun 15»
6
Zafgen Receives $52.14 Consensus PT from Analysts (NASDAQ …
PWS is a rare and complex genetic disorder characterized by physiologic, cognitive and behavioral symptoms, including hyperphagia and ... «sleekmoney, Jun 15»
7
Zafgen Cut to Hold at Zacks (ZFGN)
... the treatment of various indications comprising obesity and hyperphagia in Prader-Willi Syndrome patients, craniopharyngioma-associated ... «WKRB News, Jun 15»
8
Zafgen Downgraded by Zacks to Hold (ZFGN)
... the treatment of various indications comprising obesity and hyperphagia in Prader-Willi Syndrome patients, craniopharyngioma-associated ... «Dakota Financial News, Jun 15»
9
Research Analysts' Downgrades for June, 22nd (AAPL, HNT, IART …
... that is in Phase II clinical trials for the treatment of various indications comprising obesity and hyperphagia in Prader-Willi Syndrome patients, ... «Mideast Time, Jun 15»
10
A Safer Alternative for Managing Depression
... overeating and obesity.32 The condition known as reactional hyperphagia, sometimes called reactional polyphagia, involves uncontrolled ... «ProHealth, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hyperphagia [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hyperphagia>. Apr 2024 ».
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