Definition of prandial in English:
prandial
adjective ˈprandɪəlˈprændiəl
humorous, formal 1During or relating to dinner or lunch.
Example sentencesExamples
- One, therefore, must savour, (to pick up the prandial metaphor), what is put in front of you and try to ignore what has gone before.
- Looking glum throughout the prandial affair, the former president afterwards e-mailed John Adams.
- The Homestead's prandial adventures cannot be ignored.
- The other opposition member, for his part, long before the prandial hour he had been out to lunch!
- 1.1Medicine During or relating to the eating of food.
Example sentencesExamples
- With the development of new basal and prandial insulins, physicians and patients have more options and a chance for added dosing flexibility.
- Regular insulin provide basal and prandial effects.
- No, they were pre-prandial and prandial and post-prandial.
- Ligation of the parotid ducts is reserved for ‘salvage’ if thin sialorrhoea persists to avoid too great a reduction of prandial salivary output with thick viscid saliva or xerostomia (a very morbid outcome for the patient).
Origin
Early 19th century: from Latin prandium 'meal' + -al.
Definition of prandial in US English:
prandial
adjectiveˈprændiəlˈprandēəl
formal, humorous 1During or relating to dinner or lunch.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Homestead's prandial adventures cannot be ignored.
- Looking glum throughout the prandial affair, the former president afterwards e-mailed John Adams.
- One, therefore, must savour, (to pick up the prandial metaphor), what is put in front of you and try to ignore what has gone before.
- The other opposition member, for his part, long before the prandial hour he had been out to lunch!
- 1.1Medicine During or relating to the eating of food.
Example sentencesExamples
- With the development of new basal and prandial insulins, physicians and patients have more options and a chance for added dosing flexibility.
- Ligation of the parotid ducts is reserved for ‘salvage’ if thin sialorrhoea persists to avoid too great a reduction of prandial salivary output with thick viscid saliva or xerostomia (a very morbid outcome for the patient).
- No, they were pre-prandial and prandial and post-prandial.
- Regular insulin provide basal and prandial effects.
Origin
Early 19th century: from Latin prandium ‘meal’ + -al.