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appestat definition

ap·pe·stat (ap′ə stat′)

noun

a mechanism or region of the brain that regulates the desire for, and intake of, food: thought to be in the hypothalamus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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