hypophagia

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noun

undereating

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Meanings

nounhypophagia (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemedicineundereating

    Supporting the glucostatic hypothesis, in vivo studies have demonstrated destroying selected hypothalamic nuclei or regions, including the VMH, induces hyperphagia and obesity, while the ablation of the LHA, leads to hypophagia and loss of bodyweight.

    2015 June 17, Roberto Elizondo-Vega et al., “The role of tanycytes in hypothalamic glucosensing”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume 19, →DOI

Origin

From hypo- + -phagia.

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hypophagia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypophagia

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypophagia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypophagia.

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