satiety
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- oversatiety noun
Etymology
Origin of satiety
1525–35; < Latin satietās; replacing earlier sacietie < Middle French sacieté < Latin
Example Sentences
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My well-worn pretense of satiety — of not needing anyone — put up a fight.
From Los Angeles Times
The entrepreneur funded research on macronutrients 1996 - in relation to weight management, their energy density and satiety for Slimming World's food optimising eating plan.
From BBC
The drug's overall effect is to promote a feeling of fullness or "satiety," which reduces the desire for food and to boost insulin secretion, which reduces glucose levels in the blood.
From Science Daily
Leptin is a hormone that, in adults, regulates hunger by providing a sensation of satiety and helps maintain body weight on a long-term basis.
From Science Daily
The satiety can be felt through the camera, its satisfaction with luxuriating in something so pure, so clean.
From Los Angeles Times
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