satiety

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French satieté, from Latin satietas.

noun

  1. The state of being satiated.
    Eating half of that loaf of bread has left me in a state of utter satiety.
    Surgical techniques have also been instrumental in understanding the pathways leading to satiety... 1995, Britt Marie Burton-Freeman, Satiety Induced by Fat, Carbohydrate and Protein: A Potential Role for Cholecystokinin (CCK) and Serotonin (5HT)
    On the other hand, early satiety did not correlate with delayed gastric emptying... 2010, Egidio Del Fabbro, Wendy Demark-wahnefried, Vickie Baracos, Nutrition and the Cancer Patient, Oxford University Press, USA, page 193

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