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hyperphagia
1) Ingestion of a greater than optimal quantity of food.
2) Abnormally increased appetite for food frequently associated with injury to the hypothalamus.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Medical
- Category: Human genome
- Company: National Library of Medicine
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- Max Bryant
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