intermeal

English

Etymology

inter- + meal

Adjective

intermeal (not comparable)

  1. Between meals.
    • 2015 October 1, “Patterns of Brain Activation and Meal Reduction Induced by Abdominal Surgery in Mice and Modulation by Rikkunshito”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      The meal pattern up to 12 h (mostly dark phase) after surgery still showed a significant reduction of feeding bouts, time spent on meals, and meal frequency, duration and size by 27%, 88%, 77%, 73% and 87%, respectively, and the intermeal interval (IMI) tend [sic] to be prolonged and the satiety ratio increased by 16.7 times (Table 1).

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