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单词 appestat
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Definition of appestat in English:

appestat

noun ˈapɪstatˈapəˌstat
Physiology
  • The region of the hypothalamus of the brain which is believed to control a person's appetite for food.

    〔生理〕(下丘脑中)食欲中枢

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The entire regulatory apparatus is sometimes called the ‘appestat’ on the analogy of a thermostat, which regulates temperature.
    • Just as a thermostat regulates the temperature in your house, the appestat regulates the appetite control.
    • It is also thought by some authorities that bottle-fed babies are more likely to develop defective appestats than those that are breast-fed.
    • This is because their appestat tells them to keep eating because the food in their diet lacks nutritional value.
    • Your appestat is a control mechanism that has been fine-tuned for hundreds of generations.

Origin

1950s: from appetite, probably on the pattern of thermostat.

Definition of appestat in US English:

appestat

nounˈapəˌstat
Physiology
  • The region of the hypothalamus of the brain which is believed to control a person's appetite for food.

    〔生理〕(下丘脑中)食欲中枢

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is also thought by some authorities that bottle-fed babies are more likely to develop defective appestats than those that are breast-fed.
    • Your appestat is a control mechanism that has been fine-tuned for hundreds of generations.
    • The entire regulatory apparatus is sometimes called the ‘appestat’ on the analogy of a thermostat, which regulates temperature.
    • This is because their appestat tells them to keep eating because the food in their diet lacks nutritional value.
    • Just as a thermostat regulates the temperature in your house, the appestat regulates the appetite control.

Origin

1950s: from appetite, probably on the pattern of thermostat.

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