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anorexigenic

anorexigenic

English

Adjective

anorexigenic (comparative more anorexigenic, superlative most anorexigenic)

  1. (medicine) creating or inducing a state of anorexia
    • 1969, Frank P. Palopoli, "Anorexigenic Agents", chapter 5 of Cornelius K. Cain (editor-in-chief), Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry, 1969, Academic Press (1970), ISBN 9780120405053, page 40:
      No major advances were reported in the field of anorexigenic agents during the two year period 1968–1969.
    • 1992, George I. Poos, "Anorexigenic Agents", Annual Reports in Medicinal Chemistry, volumes 27–28, page 51:
      Because of its efficacy and widespread clinical usage, amphetamine has been the standard anorexigenic drug for some time.
    • 2008, George A. Bray and Claude Bouchard, Handbook of Obesity: Clinical Applications, page 378:
      Within this neural circuitry, numerous neuropeptides, both orexigenic (stimulate food intake) and anorexigenic (inhibit food intake), were discovered.

Translations

Noun

anorexigenic (plural anorexigenics)

  1. An anorexigenic agent.