hypophagia

English

Etymology

hypo- +‎ -phagia

Noun

hypophagia (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) undereating
    • 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:
      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.
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