satiety

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /səˈtaɪ.ə.ti/

Noun

satiety (uncountable)

1. The state of being satiated.

   Eating half of that loaf of bread has left me in a state of utter satiety.

   • 1995, Britt Marie Burton-Freeman, Satiety Induced by Fat, Carbohydrate and Protein: A Potential Role for Cholecystokinin (CCK) and Serotonin (5HT)

     Surgical techniques have also been instrumental in understanding the pathways leading to satiety...

   • 2010, Egidio Del Fabbro, Wendy Demark-wahnefried, Vickie Baracos, Nutrition and the Cancer Patient, Oxford University Press, USA (ISBN 9780199550197), page 193:

     On the other hand, early satiety did not correlate with delayed gastric emptying...

Synonyms

• satiatedness
• satiation

Antonyms

• hunger, appetite

Related terms

• satiate
• satiated

Translations

• French: satiété
• German: Sattheit, Sättigung
• Portuguese: saciedade
• Spanish: saciedad

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