acoria

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noun

Excessive eating due to a lack of the sensation of satiety.

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nounacoria (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountablemedicineExcessive eating due to a lack of the sensation of satiety.

    ACORIA (a, priv.; κορεα, to satisfy). Insatiable hunger.

    1856, Richard Dennis Hoblyn, A dictionary of terms used in medicine and the collateral sciences
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    By acoria is meant that condition in which there is an absence of the sensation of satiety.

    1908, Sir William Osler, Modern Medicine, Its Theory and Practice

    Acoria consists in the absence of normal sense of satiety after eating, so that the patient never knows when hunger is appeased.

    1913, George Roe Lockwood, Diseases of the Stomach: Including Dietetic and Medicinal Treatment, page 544
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